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Declining Applications and Inquiries: How Funders Can Do Better

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Peter Marks

Peter Marks, executive director of The L.B. Research and Education Foundation, received positive feedback from grant seekers who were not selected to move forward in the foundation’s application process. The feedback affirmed Peter’s own experience as a nonprofit grantseeker: funders often fail to provide helpful information in their declination letters. Here, Peter shares a template for other funders to employ.

Preparing for Bold Leadership

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Nicholas A. Tedesco

As I look back at the past few years, it’s clear that the challenges we faced as a society and as a sector have been unrelenting. It’s also…