Conservative funders focus on the big picture, act quickly, do not micromanage, provide significant general operating funds, fund for twenty or thirty years, support leaders and movements, engage in policy and politics, and treat grantees as equal partners. Progressive funders—with a few exceptions—intellectualize, are severely risk-averse, focus narrowly, fund isolated strategies and programs, avoid politics,Continue reading “10 things progressive funders must learn from conservative ones, or we are all screwed | Nonprofit AF”
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A Graphic Re-visioning of Nonprofit Overhead
How we visualize our understanding of nonprofit structure and programs shapes the overhead debate. It’s time to get graphic about our new ideas—to deploy fresh images to help educate the public, our funders, and ourselves. Source: Curtis Klotz, A Graphic Re-visioning of Nonprofit Overhead – Nonprofit Quarterly
Eric Rogers 