Need a New Grant Management System? 5 Tips for Selecting the Best GMS for Your Foundation
Changing a core piece of software at your grantmaking organization is no picnic. But inertia is not an option when [...]
4 Ways Funders Can Help Grant Writers Submit a Great Application
Grant writers are often the unsung heroes of the application process. They parse the grant documentation to understand if their [...]
Data as Decision in Grantmaking
In grantmaking, one word makes more eyes glaze over than any other – data. Those who find it fun are [...]
Grantmakers’ Questions as a Way Toward Change
Knowledge work in philanthropy is a big umbrella, expanding exponentially over the last decade to cover more of what grants [...]
Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change
Philanthropy loves “new” things. Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. But it is [...]
How to Streamline Your Grant Management Process with Technology
Receiving requests for funding can be both a crucial and frustrating part of being a grantmaking organization. You want applications [...]
Facilitation: The Secret Ingredient for Successful Participatory Decision-Making in Philanthropy
Raise your hand if you’ve ever had a bad experience working with a group of people to make a decision. [...]
13 Tips for Ensuring Government Grant Compliance for Your Nonprofit Organization
In the words of the great 80s hairband Poison, every rose has its thorn. Grant funding looks beautiful in your [...]
How to Drive Next-Level Grantmaking: Start with Levers, Ripples, and Spheres
PEAK Grantmaking’s work centers on five core principles, each challenging our community of 8,000 philanthropy professionals to critically consider their [...]
The Core Elements of Empathy, Power, and Vulnerability in Grantmaking
We hear about Trust-Based Philanthropy and having a more grantee-centered approach to grantmaking. There was a surge in these perspectives [...]
