Resources

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: When Financial Woes Threaten to Constrain Program Priorities

    What strategies were most effective for being true to the mission work while at the same taking great care to preserve a funding base for an extended organizational future?
    • June 4, 2008
    • Rumsha Ahmed
  • Playbook

    What is Coaching and What are the Benefits?

    Coaching is a process that supports individuals to make more conscious decisions and take more effective action. In a coaching relationship, an individual with leadership and coaching experience (the coach) provides customized support to one or more nonprofit leaders (coaches) for a limited period of time.
    • March 10, 2008
  • Related Materials Members Only

    Discussion Guide: Investing in Leadership Vol.2

    Discussion Guide: Investing in Leadership Vol.2
    • January 15, 2008
  • GEOList Members Only

    GEOList Summary: When to Stop Funding a Nonprofit

    If you do stop what is the responsibility of the funder to help the nonprofit find replacement funding or is there any responsibility?
    • January 2, 2008
    • Rumsha Ahmed
  • Publication

    Imagine Involve Implement: Action Guide

    Real change is happening in philanthropy as pioneering grantmakers find new ways to break down the traditional barriers standing in the way of nonprofit success.
    • January 1, 2008

    • Imagine Involve Implement: Action Guide

      Real change is happening in philanthropy as pioneering grantmakers find new ways to break down the traditional barriers standing in the way of nonprofit success.

  • GEOList Members Only

    GEOList Summary: Multi-Year Grants

    Advice on moving to a multi-year (2-year) granting process.
    • October 5, 2007
    • Rumsha Ahmed
  • Publication

    The Departing: Exiting Nonprofit Leaders as a Resource for Social Change

    The study presents a variety of approaches to leveraging departing executive directors to benefit the broader community or field in which they have worked; suggests ways grantmakers can help seasoned leaders identify opportunities for making future contributions.
    • October 1, 2007
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    GEOList Summary: Working with Outside Evaluators

    Has anyone had experience with grant v.s contract? Are there pros /con of one over the other? Are there any special considerations we need to address if we go with a grant instead of a contract?
    • September 25, 2007
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    General Operating Support: Action Guide

    What is general operating support? How are grantmakers providing it? GEO's answer to these questions (and more) were inspired by a spirited conversation that took place in early 2007 on the GEO listserv.
    • August 17, 2007
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    GEOList Summary: Examples of Curbside Consulting

    Seeking examples of “curbside consulting” or other examples of free, limited consulting and guidance that foundations offer to the staff of nonprofit organizations. Does your foundation offer a program like this, either to your grantees or to the general public, or something similar?
    • July 25, 2007
    • Rumsha Ahmed