Grantmaker Coffee Talks

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The CARES Act has created increased government funding for grantmakers across the country. Listen in to hear how other funders are effectively managing the process of distributing government funds to generate maximum impact in their communities.

Topics:

What’s an aspect of your application or administration of funding that is working well?

Are you working collectively with others in your state? What does that look like?

What are the expectations and standards for reporting that you must meet?

How are you managing the high volume of requests?

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Non-monetary grantmaking traditionally includes in-kind grants of land, equipment, or free space. However, in recent years, an emphasis has been put on providing assistance intended to build a nonprofit’s internal capacity. Grants of succession planning, executive coaching, and program evaluation are just a few examples. Listen to your peers share experiences in the what, why, and how of non-monetary grantmaking.

Topics:

How did your organization decide to provide non-monetary assistance? What shaped the conversation?

What is your organization’s process for making and tracking non-monetary grants? Is it similar to that of a monetary award?

What have been the challenges and results of this type of grantmaking?

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This episode centers around the importance and variety of methods for performing nonprofit due diligence in grantmaking. Every foundation is different when it comes to types of documents they collect and how they use the data. Listen to this group discussion to learn what documents your peers are collecting and how they’re using them to better their grantmaking!

Topics:

What are your foundation’s required due diligence practices?

Do you use any innovative or unusually revealing methods when researching nonprofits?

How does this process influence you/your committee’s decision on which organizations receive what type of funding?

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The first wave of funding in response to COVID-19 was largely distributed to nonprofits and businesses for emergency general operating support. As with other emergency situations of national or global scale, successive waves of funding often move beyond immediate needs.

Topics Covered:

How is second wave funding adapting to lessons learned and community needs revealed by the pandemic?

What changes in funding strategy or priority has data revealing the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations caused, if any?

How can funders move beyond normal and use the current crises to get better?

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As cities begin to re-open and communities regroup across the country, our day-to-day work may look different than we’d envisioned. Upcoming conversations with trustees and grantees could indicate that new funding strategies and partnerships will be necessary in light of lessons learned during the pandemic.

Listen to your peers as they share their experience emerging from the immediate crisis.

Topics Covered:

What will the next phase mean for funder strategies? Will things remain the same, or has COVID-19 changed the way you partner with grantees?

What changes are being considered relative to how you work day-to-day?

How can you bring lessons learned to light when you are not a decision-maker at your organization?

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Episode 2 in a series where Grantmakers discuss how they're adjusting to COVID-19.

Topics Covered:

Lessons that can be learned from 2008 and other economic downturns

How to balance immediate community needs and long term organizational stability of grantees

How to support grantees when they can’t pay the bills

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In this third episode of Grantmaker Coffee Talks, we discuss how grantmakers can help their grantees during the COVID 19 crisis.

Topics Covered:

How to assist grantees with their immediate financial stability or sustainability?

How to adjust grantmaking for the rest of the year?

How has relationships with other funders changed?

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Episode 2 in a series where Grantmakers discuss how they're adjusting to COVID-19.

Topics Covered:

Unexpected needs

Different ways funders are supporting grantees

What the future of grantmaking looks like

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How are funders adjusting to help their Grantees during the COVID-19 crisis?

In this episode of Grantmaker Coffee talks, we hear from 12 different funders about how their work has changed and the resources, and creative solutions that are helping them maximize their impact.

Topics Covered:

Virtual meetings

Funding cycles and deadlines

Grantee needs

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