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Paul Beaudet is Associate Director of Wilburforce Foundation and a member of CEP’s Advisory Board.

Stupid Funder Tricks

by Paul Beaudet | February 1st, 2012

This is the third in a series of posts written by Paul Beaudet of Wilburforce Foundation on the complex relationship between funders and grantees. In Doing Less with Less, he raised the issue of the unrealistic expectations some funders placed on nonprofit organizations in the face of the economic downturn and the subsequent recession, advocating for what he calls a shift from transaction-based grantmaking to interaction-based grantmaking. ...

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Putting Grantees In the Center of Your Map

by Paul Beaudet | January 24th, 2012

This is the second post written by Paul Beaudet of Wilburforce Foundation on the complex relationship between funders and grantees. Last week in Doing Less with Less, he raised the issue of unrealistic expectations by some funders that nonprofit organizations would maintain their prior level of activity despite the impact of the economic downturn and the subsequent recession. ...

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Doing Less With Less

by Paul Beaudet | January 18th, 2012

Those of us who work for foundations want our grantees to invest in core activities that more efficiently and effectively contribute to desired outcomes. Yet funders may make it harder for grantees to do so, often by focusing exclusively on specific grant-funded activities — as opposed to outcomes — and by underinvesting in core organizational needs. ...

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Lessons from a Risk Taken
Julia Coffman on May 2nd
I really appreciate your willingness to share this and your assessment of what didn't work out as planned or anticipated. Thanks.

Lessons from a Risk Taken
Kevin Bolduc on April 30th
Jon, thanks for the comment. If there’s one thing we learned, it’s that the cost in time and effort and dollars were all higher than...

Lessons from a Risk Taken
Jon Pratt on April 25th
Thanks for sharing the lessons learned, and what I sense are second thoughts about the cost/benefit of the whole enterprise. I appreciate the thirst for...

Foundations and Impact Investing: What Is Really Going On?
The Children's ISA on April 22nd
Great insight. Sometimes it's great to invest in multiple countries as security as the economy in one country might decrease and increase in another.

Foundations and Impact Investing: What Is Really Going On?
Rashmir Balasubramaniam on April 8th
Great questions. It is likely still too early to get a handle on whether the (potential) results reflect the hype meaningfully. However, I will be...