Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

💫 It's a new month - we remain steadfast to transform philanthropic culture and practice. Join us to learn and build community! Keep reading for opportunities with #GEO in March. ⬇️ 📆 March 5 - Building Resilience in Uncertain Times 📆 March 6 - Community-Driven Philanthropy Remote Learning Series begins - applications close March 4 - https://lnkd.in/gagvB2-r 📅 March 6 - Equitable Operations Peer Community Call 📅 March 13 - Capacity Building and a Culture of Care 📅 March 18 - Strategic Learners Network Quarterly Call 📅 March 18 - Equity-Embedded Change Management™ Cohort Informational Webinar 📅 March 25 - Capacity Building Champions Quarterly Call 💡 Save the Date: April 24 - New Member Orientation For more information, visit our Events page: https://lnkd.in/eyStmxdW #Philanthropy #GEO

In this moment of major chaos and uncertainty in the United States, one thing is abundantly clear: philanthropy can play a key role in supporting the stability, resilience, and reimagination of our social sector. ✨ GEO is proud to join Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) in announcing a coordinated call-to-action for philanthropy at this time of heightened urgency. Funders, we invite you to do everything within your power to move in solidarity with nonprofits, mobilize money, and nurture possibility. Review the call-to-action ⬇️, sign the commitment 📝, and join the growing community of funders taking courageous, trust-based action in support of our nonprofit partners – without whom our work would not be possible. https://lnkd.in/gWPDJE-5

Is your foundation using advocacy to drive change? Many funders hesitate, but advocacy is more than lobbying—it includes engaging policymakers, convening grantees, and funding grassroots efforts that shape policies for long-term impact. In our latest blog for Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), Brendan Mccormick and I share real-world examples of lean funders leveraging advocacy to restore education funding, strengthen early childhood policy, and advance workers’ rights. 📖 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/e2dDTgP3 How is your foundation making its voice heard? #Philanthropy #Advocacy #Grantmaking

🚨#GEOLearn25 Speaker Announcement: We’re excited to share that adrienne maree brown will be our closing plenary speaker. We can’t wait for them to join us for inspiration and insights on equity-centered philanthropy to support communities who thrive. ➡️ Secure your spot to join us on May 5-6, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina! https://bit.ly/4bA1f2t ♥️ As a GEO member, you’ll receive a discounted rate. Join our community: https://bit.ly/4iEfu8L See you in North Carolina! #Philanthropy

Over the past few weeks and months, I've heard several colleagues talk about the value and significance of leading through moments of political, economic, and social uncertainty and disruption. The GEO Community views this as essential for effectiveness and personal well being. I personally invite you to join the Equity-Embedded Change Management™ Cohort hosted in partnership with Movement Tapestries to learn more about how to develop competency and specific practices in critical areas of leading through change. https://lnkd.in/eUtHFGuW Check it out!

Thank you, Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund for modeling organizational leadership during turbulent times. Congratulations, Marc Philpart for the succes of such a critical resource! I know it has been a long time coming. I appreciate your personal commitment to facilitating change in our communities, despite myriad barriers and challenges✨ https://lnkd.in/e_-UStFC

GEO is motivated by the findings from Project Evident's new report, "Funding the Future: Grantmaker Strategies in AI Investment." As fellow nonprofits consider ways to fund their investments in #AI to reduce burdens and increase efficiencies that result in better outcomes, the findings in this report are informative! The report provides insights about: -How grantmakers are thinking about funding AI for their grantees -How they evaluate proposals and what could increase your chances of being awarded a grant -An investment rubric highlights how funders evaluate AI proposals Access the full report (including the investment rubric): https://lnkd.in/eRxnztaA

If you share our commitment to thriving nonprofits and communities and are wondering if your organization is doing enough to support them in this moment, or if you want to do more but aren’t sure how, consider the range of ways we’re seeing funders put their values into action right now.   Read more here➡️: https://lnkd.in/gfkP9-mD 💫 What else are you doing so that we can continue to amplify how philanthropy can act in service of nonprofits and communities? Share with us in the comments. #GEO #Philanthropy #Nonprofits #Community

🚨The Break Fake Rules podcast is coming back for a brand-new season. Mark your calendars for the season premiere tomorrow, Feb. 26. 🗓️ In 2024, our President and CEO, Marcus Walton, joined Stupski Foundation for a conversation about how philanthropy can break free from norms to create lasting impact. This continues to be true. We look forward to more dialogue about how philanthropy can change the future of giving. #Philanthropy #BreakFakeRules #BecauseChangeCantWait #StupskiFoundation #GEO

🗣️ Join our Vice President of External Affairs, Kristina Wertz (she/her) on February 27 at 11:00 a.m. ET for this timely conversation about navigating policy shifts and how grantmakers can strengthen their support for our communities! #Philanthropy