Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

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Conferences as Collective Capacity Building

Felisa Gonzales of The Colorado Trust, Laura Patterson of Metropolitan State University of Denver and Noelle Dorward of The North Face explain how conferences can be a form of collective capacity building for grantmakers and nonprofits alike.

May 23, 2022

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Facing a World without Roe: How Effective Grantmaking Combats Inequity

Here at GEO, we envision and are co-creating a community of courageous grantmakers working in service of nonprofits and communities to create a just, connected and inclusive society where we can all thrive.

May 9, 2022

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Change Leaders in Philanthropy: A Conversation with Marisa Magallenez of Albuquerque Community Foundation

GEO’s Change Leaders in Philanthropy Fellowship (CLIPF) launched in 2016 to offer an intensive, peer coaching-focused learning experience for senior leaders in philanthropy. This blog series features the perspectives and stories of several CLIPF fellows.

May 5, 2022

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Meeting the Future with a New Approach to Readiness

Today’s changing world requires an overhaul in how we think of readiness. TCC Group explores how to translate news approaches to readiness into concrete behaviors.

May 2, 2022

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GEO Welcomes Kristina Wertz as Vice President of External Affairs

We are excited to welcome Kristina Wertz to the team as GEO’s new Vice President of External Affairs.

April 22, 2022

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Change Leaders in Philanthropy: A Conversation with Sabrina Slade of John Rex Endowment

GEO’s Change Leaders in Philanthropy Fellowship (CLIPF) launched in 2016 to offer an intensive, peer coaching-focused learning experience for senior leaders in philanthropy. This blog series features the perspectives and stories of several CLIPF fellows.

March 31, 2022

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Meet the Newest Members of the GEO Team

For the last couple of years, Covid-19 has made social separation a necessity for public health. But distance should not curb progress – as grantmakers continue to make shifts in philanthropic culture and practice, we too have seen our own changes here in the GEO team.

March 23, 2022

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Crosspost: In the Test Kitchen: Grantmaking Insights to Chew On

As a spend down foundation, how the Stupski Foundation shows up is critical to how they think about the kind of funder they want to be and the steps they take to live that vision.

March 2, 2022

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Language is a Key to Reducing Health Disparities

Language is powerful. Using clear and direct language to describe the populations we seek to serve is a small but critical step towards achieving health equity.

February 28, 2022

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Humility, Listening and Connectedness: How to Build Partner Relationships Rooted in Equity

In this second, follow-up piece of Humility, Listening and Connectedness: Building Partner Relationships that Drive Equitable Practice, we’ll explore how humility, listening and connectedness play key roles in building new partnerships that center equity.

February 17, 2022

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