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2020 - A Year of Change

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2020 - A Year of Change

There is no doubt 2020 has been a year of change. As someone who goes kicking and screaming into something new, I’m determined to embrace change in the coming year. So over the next few months I plan to highlight ideas for doing philanthropy differently that I believe offer good food for thought. I’m starting with “When We Return to Our Foundation Offices, Let’s Make Them Spaces Where We Collaborate With Grantees” by Lisa Pillar Cowan, Vice President of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation in New York City. The arctic le appears in the December 8 issue of Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Foundations Favor General Operating Support in Theory but Hesitate to Make It Happen

Foundations Favor General Operating Support in Theory but Hesitate to Make It Happen

What is your take on general operating support? And better yet, multi-year general operating support? In this time of COVID, nonprofits are challenged to evolve both in their programs and in their revenue generation. But what about foundations? Shouldn’t funders evolve their thinking and grant making as well?

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2020's Word of the Year - Pivot

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2020's Word of the Year - Pivot

Nonprofits have always been resilient but the global pandemic is allowing them to showcase their creative and innovative sides in whole new ways. Over the next several weeks I am rolling out “Pivot” - a series of posts on organizations that I believe are taking innovation to new levels.

What do you think? Who would you showcase?

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A Resource for Lean Funders Responding to COVID-19

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A Resource for Lean Funders Responding to COVID-19

Are you wondering how fellow funders are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic? Exponent Philanthropy is hosting weekly live discussions each Friday at 1:00 CT designed to connect lean funders around their responses to the pandemic and to provoke ideas for your own giving.