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Saying Yes/Saying No: Strengthening Your Decision-Giving Skills

Publication date: 
06/2004
Most grant makers review more proposals than they can recommend for funding. Decision making about what to fund is challenging and so is decision giving to hopeful applicants. How do you say Yes, or No, so that grant applicants understand your foundation's rationale, feel that they've been treated fairly, and can make realistic plans about their next steps? This guide offers observations and suggestions from grant makers and grantees to make this task easier and more meaningful.
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Evaluation
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
30 Mar 2016

The IRS Form 990 as a Tool for Understanding Organizational Capacity

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Nonprofit organizations face increasing challenges in today’s operating environment. In order to better understand the realities facing nonprofits and make sound funding decisions, grantmakers must have a firm grasp of the story told by the numbers...

Taking a Stand for New York

Release Date: 
04/12/2018
... only if there is an opportunity to share information and resources on how to implement advocacy strategies. Many of ... to convince their boards to support advocacy to sharing resources on how to evaluate...
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The Visionary Freedom Fund, Launched by the Andrus Family Fund, Announces Inaugural Cohort of Grant Recipients in Grantmaking Led by Youth Organizers to Transform Youth Justice System

Release Date: 
09/28/2021
... to set the grantmaking strategy and determine how VFF’s resources are deployed. Power Table members know firsthand ... that young people across the country are not only seeking resources for transformative...

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