As the COVID-19 pandemic reshapes life around the world this spring, advocacy organizations have had to shift dramatically to respond to the new reality. On one...
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The Conventional Wisdom on Funder Diversification is (Partly) Wrong
If you have joined an advocacy organization board meeting, you have heard some form of a conversation on funding diversification. Typically it starts with a board...
Continue reading...Talking About Advocacy Goals: How Foundations and Nonprofits Should Navigate a Sticky Conversation
Pitching your latest advocacy campaign to a foundation* can make for some frustrating conversations. Some of that results from necessary but tedious back and forth in...
Continue reading...How to Tailor Your Ask for Advocacy Funding to a Foundation
One of the initial questions advocacy organizations need to ask when approaching a foundation is whether the foundation will support policy work. Many do not support...
Continue reading...Why Funder Education Is Not a Quick Fix
Many advocacy or nonprofit employees will recognize this scenario. Several staff are sitting around a table discussing future strategy. Inevitably, someone comes up with a great...
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