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August 29, 2017 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Creating Honest Conversations Between Nonprofits and Funders: An Interview With Eric Weinheimer

In today’s Social Velocity blog interview, I’m talking with Eric Weinheimer, President and CEO of Forefront, the only regional association that represents grantmakers, nonprofits, advisors, and social entrepreneurs. With 1,100 members in Illinois, Forefront provides education, advocacy, and research, and mobilizes its members around issues that are important to the nonprofit sector. Prior to his current […]

Filed Under: Capacity Building, capacity capital, Foundations, Innovators, Inspiration, Leadership, Nonprofits, outcomes, Philanthropy, Roadblocks, scale, Social change Tagged With: Capacity Building, Dan Cardinali, donors, Forefront, Foundations, funders, grantmakers, Independent Sector, nonprofit, nonprofit association, nonprofit capacity, operating funds, Philanthropy, Real Talk about Real Costs, social change

June 29, 2017 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

Planning for Nonprofit Success: An Interview With David Grant

In this month’s Social Velocity interview, I’m talking with David Grant. David is the former President and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and past chair of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers. He now consults nationally with nonprofits, foundations, and schools and is the author of The Social Profit Handbook: The Essential Guide to Setting […]

Filed Under: Capacity Building, capacity capital, Foundations, growth capital, Innovators, Inspiration, Leadership, Nonprofits, outcomes, Philanthropy, Planning, Roadblocks, scale, Social change, Strategy Tagged With: Capacity Building, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, grantmakers, mission, nonprofit, nonprofit capacity, nonprofit strategy, Philanthropy, strategic planning

May 4, 2017 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: April 2017

April saw a debate about whether or not crowdfunding is transforming philanthropy, critiques of Harvard Business School, a report on the lack of philanthropy in the Deep South, a first-person account of the effects of founder’s syndrome, and tools to help more funders engage in advocacy. Add to that a new Supreme Court Justice, some new […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Capacity Building, capacity capital, Foundations, Fundraising, Individual donors, Inspiration, Leadership, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Social change, Social Movements Tagged With: crowdfunding, foundation, founder's syndrome, funders, Fundraising, nonprofit, nonprofit capacity, nonprofit founder, Philanthropy, social change, social innovation, social movements

May 2, 2017 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

3 Things I Wish Funders Would Ask Nonprofits

I think we can all agree that most philanthropists truly want to be helpful to the nonprofit recipients of their dollars. However, because of the inherent power imbalance, it is often challenging, if not impossible, for a funder and a grantee to have a candid conversation about what it will really take to achieve the social change that they […]

Filed Under: Capacity Building, capacity capital, Foundations, Fundraising, Innovators, Inspiration, Leadership, Networks, Nonprofits, outcomes, Philanthropy, Planning, Roadblocks, scale, Social change, Strategy Tagged With: capacity capital, Foundations, funders, nonprofit, nonprofit capacity, overhead, Philanthropy, Real Costs, social change

April 18, 2017 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Putting Wealth to Work for Social Value Creation: An Interview with Jen Ratay

In this month’s Social Velocity interview, I’m talking with Jen Ratay. Jen is executive director of the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund – SV2, a community of families and individuals who come together to learn about effective giving and impact investing while pooling their resources and skills to support promising social ventures. Prior to taking […]

Filed Under: Capacity Building, capacity capital, Foundations, Fundraising, growth capital, Individual donors, Innovators, Inspiration, Leadership, Mission-Related Investing, Nonprofits, outcomes, Philanthropy, Planning, Roadblocks, scale, Social change, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Investing, Venture Philanthropy Tagged With: Foundations, funders, Jen Ratay, Mission-Related Investing, nonprofit, nonprofit capacity, organizational effectiveness, Philanthropy, Silicon Valley, social impact, Social Venture Partners, social ventures, SV2, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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