Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
For General Operating Support
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Amount$250,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/22/2016
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations is a leading philanthropic infrastructure organization and has over 500 grantmaker-members committed to improving the practice of philanthropy in order to sustain strong, effective nonprofits. It sponsors education programs including a biennial conference, facilitates peer-to-peer communication and learning forums, maintains a pipeline of ideas to consider for improving grantmaking practice, and publishes original research and user-friendly teaching guides on a wide variety of organizational-development and capacity-building topics. This grant is part of $1.1 million in grants pooled by several foundations to recognize the organization’s high-performing work and serves as an investment in its future.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.geofunders.org
Address
1310 L Street NW Suite 650, Washington, DC, 20005, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations is a leading philanthropic infrastructure organization with a community of more than 600 grantmaker-members committed to improving the practice of philanthropy in order to sustain strong, effective nonprofits. The Hewlett Foundation is a member. The group sponsors education programs for funders, including a biennial national conference; facilitates peer-to-peer communication and learning forums; maintains a pipeline of innovative ideas to consider for improving grantmaking practice; and publishes original research and user-friendly teaching guides on a wide variety of organizational-development and capacity-building topics. This grant is for general operating support and supplements an existing grant as part of the Knowledge for Better Philanthropy strategy.
for general operating support
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations is a leading philanthropic infrastructure organization with a community of more than 600 grantmaker-members committed to improving the practice of philanthropy in order to sustain strong, effective nonprofits. The Hewlett Foundation is a member. The group sponsors education programs for funders, including a biennial national conference; facilitates peer-to-peer communication and learning forums; maintains a pipeline of innovative ideas to consider for improving grantmaking practice; and publishes original research and user-friendly teaching guides on a wide variety of organizational-development and capacity-building topics. This grant is for general operating support and supplements an existing grant as part of the Knowledge for Better Philanthropy strategy.
