Leanly staffed foundations and donors have a unique opportunity to influence policy and create meaningful change. The Advocacy Field Guide for Lean Funders provides a practical, step-by-step roadmap to help you navigate advocacy with confidence—leveraging your expertise, relationships, and resources to drive real results. Why This Guide? Many funders hesitate to engage in advocacy, worried... Read More
We’re excited to share the story of a client who’s using its charitable capital to increase civic engagement: The Langeloth Foundation supports health and racial equity outcomes for all people in order to foster and sustain safe and healthy communities. It envisions a society that is free of the systematic barriers that prevent people and communities... Read More
Money affects power dynamics in relationships and as donors, we have the responsibility to send money carefully. When considering alternatives to a traditional funding approach, participatory grantmaking leverages knowledgeable input and democratic checks and balances. Being participatory is more than soliciting outside advice; it means inviting people at the center of the work to participate... Read More
Funders work on society’s toughest challenges and hopeful possibilities…and it takes the engagement of the media to educate, activate, and propel change. With the changing landscape of how communities get their news, traditional media seems to be shrinking and online media growing. Funders have an opportunity to support news in ways beyond a press release.... Read More
This flowchart depicts the decision making process for writing grants. Read More
Do you truly look at your grants as investments in maximizing the impact on social good? On this webinar, we’ll review five key areas of improvement for operational efficiency and effectiveness – all of which can be implemented swiftly. We’ll use the audience survey tool to find out about your practices. For example, are you... Read More