Resources

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

Publication

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: Measuring Success of Knowledge Sharing Activities

We have been giving grants focused on developing a culture that supports student achievement through data driven decision making. Are there any other organizations affiliated with GEO that are doing this type of work?
- February 13, 2012
- Rumsha Ahmed
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GEOList Summary: Youth Grantmaking Leadership Program

I’m looking for any best practices/processes which I can model a specific program after to engage young people in philanthropy. If you run and/or know of a program that offers this type of program, can you provide me details for the structure and how it works?
- January 27, 2012
- Rumsha Ahmed
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GEOList Summary: Scaling Strategies and Methods

Is there a standard or working definition for Methods for Scaling, which can help to distinguish the different affiliations forms or is this an impossible mission? Does anyone know of any scientific research on the psychological and social factors which impede the dissemination of effective models?
- January 27, 2012
- Rumsha Ahmed
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GEOList Summary: Customer Satisfaction Assessments

What lessons have you learned about design and implementation of a customer satisfaction project (whether conducted by you all or by an outside firm)? What did you wish you knew before you started?
- January 13, 2012
- Rumsha Ahmed
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GEOList Summary: Technology for Grantmaking and Board Members

Our Foundation is considering the feasibility of providing technology such as iPads, tablets or other devices to our Board of Governors to assist them in fulfilling their responsibilities. I wonder if any of you have undertaken a similar process, and what advice you might offer?
- January 5, 2012
- Rumsha Ahmed
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GEOList Summary: Spending Policies 2010

Please share any unique or innovative spending policies your organizations have adopted and the processes used to make those decisions. In addition, if you can suggest articles that might inform this decision and/or a keynote speaker who would be particularly effective, we would appreciate that as well.
- November 29, 2011
- Rumsha Ahmed
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GEOList Summary: Capacity Building Support for Grantees

Please share relevant best practices from your organizations regarding crafting an RFP for technical assistance / capacity building engagements with outside providers, selecting a provider, and any other practical resources we could reference to support grantee organizations.
- November 10, 2011
- Rumsha Ahmed
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GEOList Summary: Measuring Impact of Operating, Organizational Capacity and Advocacy Support

I’m looking for examples of how others measure performance on investments in operating support, organizational capacity support, and/or advocacy.
- October 31, 2011
- Rumsha Ahmed
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GEOList Summary: Website RFQ

The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is seeking creative and technical services for the redesign and launch of the Foundation’s website. Does anyone have a website RFQ they’d be willing to share and/or recommendations of website design and service companies?
- August 24, 2011
- Rumsha Ahmed
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GEOList Summary: Organizational Assessments

W read that we really should not be funding fund development projects without requiring an organizational assessment first. Up until now we have had a philosophy of encouraging organizations to decide for themselves what they need. What do you think?
- August 11, 2011
- Rumsha Ahmed