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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: Grantee Grievance Procedures

    We are currently working on developing a procedure for responding to and acting promptly on all complaints from grant applicants or grantees. If anyone already has a comparable policy already in place, would you consider sharing with us?
    • March 24, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Building Empathy and Understanding Among Leaders and Donors

    What strategies have your organizations developed that help leaders and donors to empathize?
    • March 24, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Proactive Grantmaking Guidelines and Procedures

    To guide us in the formulation of a proactive grants program, we are seeking information on guidelines and procedures of other foundations for proactive grants, especially from foundations that have both responsive and proactive grants programs.
    • March 21, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Collective Impact

    Is your organization currently engaged in or thinking about becoming involved in collective impact? For those who are currently immersed in this work, what are you doing? How can GEO be a resource and/or a resource connector as you engage in this work?
    • March 18, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Funding Requests that Support Litigation

    We are looking to develop a set of criteria for evaluating proposals that request funding to support litigation. If your foundation has a set of criteria you use for such a purpose, we would really appreciate you sharing your thoughts with us and learning from you.
    • March 17, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Funder Collaborative Bylaws

    I am hoping to gather some sample funder collaborative bylaws – both for more informal funder groups and for those that have a more formal structure (who align or pool funding).
    • January 27, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Grantee Staff Salaries

    One of our program teams would like some information about the extent to which other foundations conduct due diligence on the salary levels of grantee staff members who are to be covered by a requested grant.
    • January 7, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Credit for Board Discretionary Grants

    We have recently had examples where we have questioned how those grants have been acknowledged by the recipients. Have you found a way of requesting acknowledgment that recognizes the support of both the individual Board member and the Foundation?
    • January 6, 2014
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Budgeting for Impact

    What is your organization’s level of investment in your evaluation/outcomes measurement/performance management activities as a percentage of your total grantmaking?
    • December 5, 2013
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Benchmarking Organizational Management Awards

    We would like to benchmark this program with comparable ones being offered by peer foundations. If you have one or know of one, I’d like to learn more about it and would appreciate any information you can share.
    • November 21, 2013
    • Rumsha Ahmed