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Guidance for funders interested in awarding grants to schools seeking to implement substance use prevention and mental health programs.
This session addresses challenges in compensation where questions most arise, such as how to determine disqualified persons and reasonableness for foundation executives, including family members.
What would it look like to have nonprofits and communities truly drive our work? How much participation is required to center our work on community needs? Grantmakers have a genuine desire to make a positive impact in the communities we serve, live, work, and play. To create the greatest impact, we must work with nonprofits and listen to individuals' lived experiences to understand the problem, and what is not being said and define the assets available to determine a sustainable path forward.
While capacity building is a critical part of our work, traditional models of capacity building do not always account for culture, systems, and power in their design, failing to keep equity centered in their approach. GEO’s latest publication, Reimagining Capacity Building, explores principles for centering equity in our capacity-building efforts, explores the way inequities can show up, and offers steps we can take to address and mitigate those inequities.