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From publications to toolkits, GEO’s resources lift up experiences from your peers to help you turn knowledge into action.

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A Change Management & Deep Equity Primer: The What, Why, How & Nuance

This publication from Movement Tapestries offers insights and guidance for organizations navigating equity-embedded transformations, and the challenges that can come with embarking on such journeys.
  • January 16, 2023
  • Sheryl Petty, Ed.D.

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    GEOList Summary: External Expert Advisory Committees

    We are looking to develop a set of guiding principles for creating "external expert advisory committees" to provide strategic guidance and advice to each of our program areas.
    • May 29, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Documenting Grantmaking Procedures

    Our Foundation will soon begin a project to fully capture and document our Grantmaking procedures. If your Foundation has accomplished this endeavor, or has information and suggestions to share about the process to complete this work, we would greatly appreciate hearing from you.
    • May 21, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Environmental Sustainability Policies

    We are investigating the possibility of adding to that requirement and requiring grantees have environmental sustainability policies. Do any of your foundations a) have these policies and/or b) require grantees to have them?
    • May 20, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Collecting Diversity Data

    Do you gather diversity data from your grantees about their staff and board members? If so, what categories do you use?
    • May 20, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Organizational Assessment Tool

    I am looking for free tools that small organizations could use to assess the capacity of their organization in the areas of management, governance, finance, planning, fund development, programming, communications, IT, etc.
    • May 19, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Capacity-Building Program Structure

    Is capacity building a separate initiative, led by its own staff (with frequent communication with program officers)? Is it a shared responsibility among program officers, who are responsible for identifying capacity building needs among their own portfolio?
    • May 14, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Record Retention Policies

    We’ve been asked by one of our members as to what might be the appropriate length of time to retain records? Do any of the foundations that you represent have specific policies on record retention?
    • May 14, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: SmartSimple Grants Management Systems

    I was wondering whether anyone is using SmartSimple grants management system. We are in the process of choosing a new system and would love to get some input from current users.
    • May 7, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Managing Change

    How have you handled the initial communication of a new strategic direction, i.e., preferred modes of communication, timing and content of messaging to grantees and to the public, etc.?
    • May 5, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Meeting and Travel Planners

    If your organization has worked with outside planners before, I would appreciate hearing more about your experiences, as well as suggestions of travel and meeting planning firms that may suit our needs.
    • April 28, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed