Equitable Grantmaking Assessment Guide
Vu Le (of "Crappy Fundraising Practices") teamed up with RVC, an organization he founded in Seattle to promote social justice, to create “Making Philanthropy More Equitable: Introducing the Equitable Grantmaking Continuum.” It outlines funding practices ranging from the most equitable to the most inequitable.

Donor Advised Funds (DAF) are pools of money ($10,000 or more) created and financially sustained by individuals, families, businesses, or organizations (the Donors). These DAFs are managed and technically owned by non-profit organizations such as community foundations, colleges, and investment companies (such as Fidelity, Vanguard or Charles Schwab).

Is this one in your prospecting tool box? Cause IQ has a load of FREE information on grant makers.

In a Linkedin post, Jim Langley, President at Langley Innovations, asks: Are you counting everything spent to put on your event? Staging costs, staff costs, morale costs and more.

Caroline Altman Smith from the Kresge Foundation shares some lessons in the hopes that they help nonprofits use their introductory meeting to begin a beautiful friendship with a potential funder.

The Nonprofit Finance Fund is a NYC-based national nonprofit finance organization, awarding loans, making investments, offering consulting services and workshops, and occasionally offering grant opportunities via other grantmakers. Recently, the Fund published two great grant/loan tools: