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Take steps to invest in the organizational health of your grantees, beyond individual projects.
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A 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.
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Source: Lori Grange, Hewlett FoundationDecolonizing 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.
BookGrantee 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 PhilanthropyDealing with Divergent Requests
A resource, from the user experience research, on understanding how to hear the intent behind a request.
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Source: Simply SecureCo-Design
Resources on co-design as a participatory process that can address systemic inequalities and power imbalances.
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Source: Sasha Costanza-Schock, MIT Civic MediaIDEO Service Design Tools
An open collection of communication tools used in design proccesses that deal with complex systems.
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Source: IDEOOn 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