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It's a myth that assessing the impact of general operating support is uniquely hard. My @CEPData colleagues @naomiorensten and @KateGehling share advice and examples from major GOS funders on the blog today: https://cep.org/assessing-impact-with-general-operating-support-grants-debunking-the-myths/?
Here's another example from Tiffany Cooper Gueye - COO @bluemeridianp - in Giving Done Right Podcast (7:20). "Unrestricted does not mean unaccountable." Look to board & CEO strength, org capacity & pre-determined mutual accountabilities! https://open.spotify.com/episode/1T0ylxPdwjE2roVLwi1TcH?si=v3NrW5X6TX-HBRIYzIrhFA #NowPlaying
So why isn't more GOS provided even as funder CEOs & prog staff say they want to? CEOs tell @cepdata there's no real barrier: https://cep.org/portfolio/new-attitudes-old-practices/
So just do it! And that means using hierarchical power (leadership) to insist that it happens. Set targets for an increase!
So just do it! And that means using hierarchical power (leadership) to insist that it happens. Set targets for an increase!
CEOs and progtram staff: make the case. @philxbuchanan and @hpennington_ did gave you a helpful guide for why:
- Nonprofits are on the financial brink
- GOS is core to advancing racial equity
- Current crises require flexibility https://www.philanthropy.com/article/foundation-ceos-need-to-send-the-message-that-unrestricted-giving-is-the-new-normal
- Nonprofits are on the financial brink
- GOS is core to advancing racial equity
- Current crises require flexibility https://www.philanthropy.com/article/foundation-ceos-need-to-send-the-message-that-unrestricted-giving-is-the-new-normal
If we really care about structural change and racial equity, we need a philanthropic funding frame shift. Philanthropy should start from the assumption that all grants should be unrestricted and force ourselves to make the argument about why some need to be restricted support.
