Could you share what grants management system you're currently using (Fluxx, GIFTS Alta/GIFTS Online, Foundant, etc.), and what you like or don't like about it? Also, could you share what the system's capabilities are around capturing outcome data?
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation feels it is critical to hear from its grantees about what the foundation can do to remain a key partner and further the nonprofits’ work despite a smaller annual budget.
Like many other grantmakers, the CLIPF community mobilized quickly to support grantees and communities amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Within a few weeks, most had extended or renewed grants to current grantees, loosened or eliminated restrictions on funding, relaxed application and reporting requirements, redirected funds directly to Covid-related relief, joined (and hosted) pooled funds with colleagues, and partnered to provide relief directly to families. But changes don’t just happen without scaffolding and support. What do leaders need to be doing inside organizations to set the stage for these crucial shifts?
We are looking to other foundations who have funded promising programs and/or partnerships on this issue. Please send us your experiences with these programs/partnerships.
Teams from four pioneering GEO member organizations joined us in the first cohort of an intensive 18-month program designed to accelerate the pace of change within their organizations.
How do we invite conversations with the two communities we’ve identified for this shift, without sounding alarms both within those communities (by some who might fear that the Foundation will impose an unwelcome agenda) and outside those communities (by former grantees who will no longer be eligible for funding)?
For grantmakers who see themselves as champions of progress and change, the ultimate impact many of us hope to see lies not within programs but within systems.
Hear individual grantmakers in different organizational roles share inspiring stories of how they used their personal agency to advance change within their organizations.