Recommendation
Provide core funding where possible, and build flexibility in the grant structures to allow the grantee to develop sustainable organizational practices and resiliency.
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Funding Approach & ProcessRelated Insights
Multi-year flexible fundingRelated Resources
Decolonizing Wealth, Edgar Villaneuva
Decolonizing Wealth is a provocative analysis of the dysfunctional colonial dynamics at play in philanthropy and finance. Award-winning philanthropy executive Edgar Villanueva draws from the traditions from the Native way to prescribe the medicine for restoring balance and healing our divides.
BookStrength in numbers: Taking a field-level view
Benefits and tensions that come with funding multiple grantees with a shared aim. Funders taking a “field-level view” should provide flexible support to grantees, and clearly articulate the logic behind their grantmaking decisions and strategic goals.
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Source: Ruth Levine, Hewlett FoundationA practical guide to outcome-focused philanthropy
A philanthropic framework that emphasizes rigor, results, learning, and adaptation. This guidebook and set of worksheets helps foundation staff integrate this approach across all stages of philanthropic work.
Knowledge Base
Source: Lori Grange, Hewlett FoundationGrantee Voice: Provide Multiyear, Flexible Funding
This blog post discusses the need for flexible, multi-year funding in order for nonprofits to run effective programming and build organizational capacity.
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Source: Center for Effective PhilanthropyOn Trust & Transparency: Full Report
Download the full report.
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Source: Simply SecureOn Trust & Transparency: Interview Guide
The interview guide used for the participant interviews during the Partner Perspectives project.
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Source: Simply SecureOn Trust & Transparency: Survey Guide
The survey guide used for the Partner Perspectives project. This was hosted in LimeSurvey an open-source survey tool that can be self-hosted or hosted via Limesurvey’s website.
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Source: Simply Secure