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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: Leadership Development Program Comparators

    Example reports comparing leadership development programs funded by foundations which included certification from an educational institute.
    • March 12, 2015
    • Rumsha Ahmed
  • Playbook

    What Are Different Ways to Engage Stakeholders?

    A host of specific practices and activities can help grantmakers bring the voices of nonprofits, beneficiaries and community members into decision making and planning. These activities range from lower touch where grantmakers create vehicles to communicate with key stakeholders, to higher levels of involvement in shaping grantmaking programs.
    • March 6, 2015
  • Playbook

    What Financial Challenges Do Nonprofits Face?

    Financial struggles are a reality for many nonprofits, even those with excellent programs. Primarily dependent on highly restricted grant support that does not cover general operations, today’s nonprofits spend too much time trying to cobble together a patchwork of funding sources.
    • March 5, 2015
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    GEOList Summary: Role of Executive and Governance Committees

    We're looking to strengthen our Board and Community Advisory Committee and are interested in learning from other with multiple board committees. Sample descriptions of role and functions of each committee would be very helpful.
    • March 1, 2015
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Climate Change Mitigation

    How are other funders addressing climate change mitigation? Which national and regional authorities have you worked with?
    • March 1, 2015
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Interview Request: Long-Term Capacity-Building Programs

    We are interested in learning more about structured, long-term capacity-building programs in other communities focused on health and human service agencies. Prior to our upcoming design session, we would like to interview funding organizations to learn from their best practices.
    • March 1, 2015
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Grants with Public Funds for K-12

    Do other public funders make grants directly to K-12 public schools? Private and/or charter schools? Or do you only make grants to 501c3 nonprofit organizations providing services to K-12 schools?
    • March 1, 2015
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Emerging Special Opportunity Grant Criteria

    Our foundation is developing grant criteria and process for an emerging opportunity fund. Is there insight you can offer regarding best practices and/or issues to consider when developing this criteria and process?
    • March 1, 2015
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOList Summary: Performance Management

    Could you share information related to your overall performance management process, including examples of your performance review document and/or supporting tools, timing of the reviews, and any innovative approaches that you may be utilizing.?
    • March 1, 2015
    • Rumsha Ahmed
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    GEOAsks: Becky Pastner, St. David's Foundation

    In this issue of IMPACT we hear from Becky Pastner, a program officer for the foundation who also leads the organization’s capacity-building work.
    • February 11, 2015