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Best day and time to ask for a contribution
August 2022
When’s the best day and time to ask for a contribution? A Giving Way survey says that Tuesday and Fridays are the best days to ask, and weekends are the worst). The survey also found the best TIME to ask is generally between…Continue reading...Medica. Mount Sinai. G4GC. Bank of America. Otto Bremer. First Independence Bank
August 2022
MEDICA FOUNDATION A new online “flipping book”, for its Funding Opportunities Guide, is well-written, well-laid out, and has well-organized information including deadlines, contact people, and funding priority definitions. Four big areas: Behavioral Health, Early Childhood Health and Rural Health, and…Continue reading...Small Rural Grantmakers
August 2022
SMALL RURAL GRANTMAKERS Philanthropy Daily recently published a piece about rural grantmakers with the punchline, “Quite frequently, it’s the rural funders with modest financial means that make the biggest on-the-ground impact.” They identify five non-financial assets that small rural funders…Continue reading...Gates Foundation. Minneapolis Foundation. Patrick and Aimee Butler. National Opportunities
August 2022
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation issued its first Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Progress Report. Will such reports become a standard annual thing for major foundations? We hope so. Minneapolis Foundation – has three news items on grants made or grants to…Continue reading...Otto Bremer. James R. Thorpe. Outdoor Heritage Council. Black Girl Freedom Fund.
August 2022
Our Favorite Dysfunctional Financial Corporation – Our friends at Otto Bremer Trust are getting things together with the help of Ramsey County District Judge Robert Awsumb. Two big things: The judge removed trustee Brian Lipschultz from the OBT board of trustees. Read the…Continue reading...Funder Affinity Groups
August 2022
Funder Affinity Groups Funder affinity groups are ongoing open-facing collaborations of grantmakers interested in a specific area of grantmaking (health, environment, K-12 education, for example). Inside Philanthropy explains Affinity Groups: A group or network of funders that come together around a…Continue reading...About Our Database of Funder Profiles
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- Know the limitations – See funders’ historical giving pattern; if they limit their giving geographically; give exclusively in only one field of interest; award less than $1,000,000 per year
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- Learn what funders are really supporting– Funders don’t always do as they say. We show you grants that funders are awarding in areas outside their expressed interests.