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Adapting Your Grant Approach Series: Tips for Funding Returning Grantees

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This post originally appeared on the Foundation Source blog. Many private foundations fund specific organizations multiple times over several grantmaking cycles. Doing so can help continue a particular charitable program or project, or simply provide a subsequent round of general operating support. buy fildena online cepar.edu.au/sites/all/libraries/easing/js/fildena.html no prescription pharmacy As organizations seeking continued support (“returning grantees”) are... Read More

Discretionary Grantmaking: Should Your Foundation Let Members Go Solo?

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Foundations typically approach most grants as a team sport, debating their merits and deciding, collectively, whether they’re likely to achieve the foundation’s goals. However, in addition to granting as a group, some foundations give their board and/or family members a portion of funds to donate as individuals. This practice, called discretionary grantmaking, is legally permitted... Read More

Just Say No: The Art of the Turndown

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People sometimes compare the foundation/grantseeker courtship to the dating process: Funders and grantseekers are looking to find each other and build long-term relationships. Sometimes the chemistry is there; other times, it isn’t. Rejection is an inevitable part of this process, so learning to say no politely and confidently is an essential skill. That said, let’s be... Read More