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ACCP 2023 reflections: Key insights for your 2024 CSR strategy

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Grantmaking organizations: Diversity, equity, and inclusion

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Grants Management
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Grants management: The ultimate guide for grantmakers

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Grants Management

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Get sustainable funding with Bonterra’s Jumpstart program

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Understanding and reducing implicit biases in grantmaking

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3 reasons grantmakers are investing in capacity building

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Improving grantmaking with Bonterra’s Jumpstart program

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3 benefits and a drawback of using donor advised funds

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Why collective impact is the future of systemic change

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Enhancing DEIB initiatives through capacity building

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Improving data-driven storytelling for grantmakers: 3 steps

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Improving the medical grantmaking process leads to more support for individuals like these medical practitioners discussing around a table.

3 key ways to improve the medical grantmaking process

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Guide

Grantmaking simplified

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Impact report

2023 Bonterra Impact Report

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Guide

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Guide

Grantmaking transformed

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Research report

The new funding landscape: Top funder decision factors in 2022

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A foundation’s guide to working with donors

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Worksheet

A grantmaker's checklist for DEI

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Data-driven grantmaking: Assessing the challenges of nonprofits

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Human services

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The grantmaker’s guide to collective impact

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Examine, understand, and reduce biases in grantmaking.

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A grantmaker’s playbook for leading your community through economic uncertainty

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Breaking the cycle of dependency

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