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 Members Only

    GEOList Summary: Emergency and Out-of-Cycle Grants

    We would like to refine our criteria and processes for funding emergency and out-of-cycle grant requests and hope that other GEO members are willing to share how you handle these requests.
    • December 2, 2016
    • Rumsha Ahmed
  • GEOList Members Only

    GEOList Summary: Supplemental Grant Agreements

    We are looking for a draft agreement for mini grants that are awarded to current grantees who have received a lager annual grant.
    • November 1, 2016
    • Rumsha Ahmed
  • GEOList Members Only

    GEOList Summary: Matching Gift Programs

    We are considering whether to establish a matching gift policy for our own employees. In particular, do you limit the qualifying organizations eligible for a match to those that are in keeping with your own foundation’s mission?
    • November 1, 2016
    • Rumsha Ahmed
  • GEOList Members Only

    GEOList Summary: Prize Philanthropy

    We would like to know if there are other mid-sized foundations who have funded prize philanthropy projects who also have a limited geographic focus.
    • October 19, 2016
    • Rumsha Ahmed
  • GEOList Members Only

    GEOList Summary: Multiyear Funding and Percent of Total

    I've been asked to think about whether there is an appropriate “level” / percent of total funding that the Foundation should consider for multi-year awards. I would be interested in whether any other Foundations have thought about this and / or follow a guideline.
    • October 1, 2016
    • Rumsha Ahmed
  • GEOList Members Only

    GEOList Summary: Grantmaking Options to Individual Members of a Collaborative

    If anyone has provided a pool of funding to a group and put the power of distribution in its hands or conversely, has held a competitive process within a collaborative effort, I’d be interested to hear your advice and lessons learned
    • October 1, 2016
    • Rumsha Ahmed
  • GEOList Members Only

    GEOList Summary: Successful Executive Director Transitions

    Thoughts about best practices or experience relative to the role of the funder during executive director transitions.
    • May 13, 2016
    • Rumsha Ahmed
  • Member Story

    Member Story: The Brinson Foundation

    Member Story: The Brinson Foundation
    • March 24, 2016
  • GEOList Members Only

    GEOList Summary: Scale, Replication and Continuation Funding Opportunities

    As a foundation we are exploring and strategizing ways to identify, assess and fund promising projects beyond the original grant. We are interested in understanding the process/criteria used to make these decisions and key insights learned from funding these types of projects.
    • January 5, 2016
    • Rumsha Ahmed
  • GEOList Members Only

    GEOList Summary: Challenge Grants

    We currently offer Challenge / Matching Grants, have had a few issues with those grantees, and are wondering what expectations you have for grantees when offering a Challenge Grant?
    • January 4, 2016
    • Rumsha Ahmed