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How Black history has influenced the world of fundraising
- Grant management & grant making
- Philanthropists
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Grants Management
- Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging (DEIB)
- Social justice
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Equitable grantmaking: How to implement impartial practices
- Capacity building
- Grant management & grant making
- Philanthropists
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Grants Management
- Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging (DEIB)
- Social justice
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Understanding and reducing implicit biases in grantmaking
- Capacity building
- Grant management & grant making
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Grants Management
- Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging (DEIB)
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Supporting and investing in BILPOC nonprofit leaders
- Grant management & grant making
- Philanthropists
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Grants Management
- Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging (DEIB)
- Social justice
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3 reasons grantmakers are investing in capacity building
- Capacity building
- Grant management & grant making
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Grants Management
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The importance of using inclusive grant language
- Capacity building
- Grant management & grant making
- Philanthropists
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Grants Management
- Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging (DEIB)
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Improving data-driven storytelling for grantmakers: 3 steps
- Capacity building
- Grant management & grant making
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Grants Management
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How to secure grants for transitional housing programs
- Coordinating social services
- Grant management & grant making
- Nonprofits
- Public agencies
- Program Management
- Human services
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Improving grantmaking with Bonterra’s Jumpstart program
- Capacity building
- Grant management & grant making
- Philanthropists
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Grants Management
![A diverse group of workers sit around the table and shake hands. Learn about how to surpass the grantmaking racial funding gap in this guide.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_image_short/public/2023-05/istock-1146468350.jpg?h=b55c2eca&itok=jS7LePz2)
The racial funding gap in philanthropy and grantmaking
- Grant management & grant making
- Philanthropists
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Grants Management
- Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging (DEIB)
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How to create and maintain an equitable grantmaking process
- Capacity building
- Grant management & grant making
- Philanthropists
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Grants Management
- Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging (DEIB)
- Social justice
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Delivering product capabilities for the greatest good
- Capacity building
- Coordinating social services
- Corporate social responsibility
- Digital communications & marketing
- Employee giving
- Employee volunteering
- Fundraising ideas
- Giving day
- Grant management & grant making
- Medical affairs
- Peer-to-peer fundraising
- Corporations
- Philanthropists
- Educational institutions
- Energy
- Financial institutions
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Insurance
- Life sciences
- Retail
- Nonprofits
- Public agencies
- Case Management
Resources
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Guide
Overcome grantmaking challenges: complex workflows
- Corporate social responsibility
- Grant management & grant making
- Corporations
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Corporate Social Responsibility
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Guide
Bonterra’s Disbursements Service
- Corporate social responsibility
- Employee giving
- Grant management & grant making
- Corporations
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Corporate Social Responsibility
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Guide
Overcome grantmaking challenges: managing payments
- Corporate social responsibility
- Grant management & grant making
- Corporations
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Corporate Social Responsibility
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Guide
Overcome grantmaking challenges: reporting impact
- Corporate social responsibility
- Grant management & grant making
- Corporations
- Corporate Social Responsibility
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Guide
Buyer’s guide: selecting the right CSR software
- Corporate social responsibility
- Employee giving
- Employee volunteering
- Grant management & grant making
- Corporations
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Corporate Social Responsibility
![A nonprofit professional sits at a desk, looking at a monitor as she calculates her organization's fundraising Cost Per Dollar Raised.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_image_short/public/2023-05/gettyimages-1205252566.jpg?h=24d76c8f&itok=l-85keX5)
Guide
Solution brief: Bonterra Grants Management
- Corporate social responsibility
- Grant management & grant making
- Corporations
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Corporate Social Responsibility
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Guide
The social impact transformation
- Corporate social responsibility
- Employee giving
- Employee volunteering
- Grant management & grant making
- Corporations
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Corporate Social Responsibility
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Guide
Equitable giving assessment
- Corporate social responsibility
- Employee giving
- Employee volunteering
- Grant management & grant making
- Corporations
- Corporate Social Responsibility
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Research report
The new funding landscape: Top funder decision factors in 2022
- Capacity building
- Fundraising ideas
- Grant management & grant making
- Corporations
- Philanthropists
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Nonprofits
- Public agencies
- Case Management
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Guide
5 reasons you should invest in fundraising capacity building.
- Capacity building
- Grant management & grant making
- Philanthropists
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Grants Management
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Guide
Addressing grantmaking power dynamics
- Capacity building
- Grant management & grant making
- Philanthropists
- Case Management
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Guide
Transform your medical grantmaking process
- Grant management & grant making
- Medical affairs
- Corporations
- Life sciences
- Corporate Social Responsibility
Case Studies
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Energizing communities with Xcel Energy
- Corporate social responsibility
- Employee giving
- Employee volunteering
- Grant management & grant making
- Corporations
- Energy
- Corporate Social Responsibility
![Three female doctors in blue scrubs are sitting at a long conference table smiling and reviewing documents on a tablet.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_image_short/public/2023-12/1167849809.jpeg?h=ef189eab&itok=49Vz8O11)
How Sanofi accelerates treatment for patients in need
- Grant management & grant making
- Medical affairs
- Corporations
- Life sciences
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Healthcare
![Woman in volunteer shirt high fiving young girl](/sites/default/files/styles/card_image_short/public/2023-07/istock-937112216.jpg?h=140710cd&itok=QcwOd9R9)
How Novartis slashed turnaround time for managed access
- Corporate social responsibility
- Grant management & grant making
- Corporations
- Life sciences
- Grants Management
- Disaster relief
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How to embrace employee-centered philanthropy
- Corporate social responsibility
- Employee giving
- Employee volunteering
- Grant management & grant making
- Corporations
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Environmental change
- Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging (DEIB)
- Disaster relief
- Education
- Volunteerism
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Tri-Town Council
- Capacity building
- Digital communications & marketing
- Fundraising ideas
- Grant management & grant making
- Nonprofits
- Grants Management
![Four adults gathered around the back of a pickup truck, one is standing in the bed of the truck while the other three are standing around the truck. The truck bed is full of red tote bags with a logo of the earth with Heaven on Earth NOW around it on them. All of the adults are wearing black coats and jeans. From left to right, one is wearing a black beanie hat, the second is wearing a navy blue baseball hat, the third is wearing a black beanie hat, and the fourth is wearing a red baseball hat.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_image_short/public/2023-11/image000003-2.jpg?h=3b1adfcf&itok=HZy0Y0oV)
Heaven on Earth NOW
- Capacity building
- Fundraising ideas
- Grant management & grant making
- Nonprofits
- Grants Management
![Two African American women stand outdoors smiling and hugging](/sites/default/files/styles/card_image_short/public/2023-06/istock-972902038.jpg?h=9dd951d5&itok=k44x7ei4)
How investing in capacity building empowers BIPOC organizations.
- Capacity building
- Fundraising ideas
- Grant management & grant making
- Philanthropists
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Nonprofits
- Grants Management
- Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging (DEIB)
![A shot of volunteers cleaning and washing up in the kitchen at a warm hub/food bank which is a safe place for people to enjoy a warm and friendly environment in the community with the current cost of living increasing. They have made hot dinners for the visitors, one young woman is smiling and looking at the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_image_short/public/2023-06/istock-1448774523_0.jpg?h=e8fe6879&itok=u2B0BWCY)
No Boundaries Coalition
- Capacity building
- Fundraising ideas
- Grant management & grant making
- Philanthropists
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Nonprofits
- Grants Management
- Human services
- Social justice
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Chesterfield Education Foundation
- Digital communications & marketing
- Fundraising ideas
- Grant management & grant making
- Philanthropists
- Nonprofits
- Donor Engagement
- Education
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Fort Wayne Pet Food Pantry
- Capacity building
- Fundraising ideas
- Grant management & grant making
- Nonprofits
- Fundraising
- Animal welfare
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Central Carolina Community Foundation
- Capacity building
- Grant management & grant making
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Donor Engagement
- Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging (DEIB)
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Jesse Parker Williams Foundation
- Capacity building
- Grant management & grant making
- Foundations & grantmakers
- Nonprofits
- Grants Management