Advocacy With a Small “a”—Big Ideas for Small Foundations

Advocacy With a Small “a”—Big Ideas for Small Foundations

excerpt from Jenny Chandler’s blog on advocacy: “While attending Exponent Philanthropy’s 2018 National Conference last month, I had a surprise: I saw a significant number of grantmakers genuinely excited about getting involved in advocacy!”

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Thoughts from Exponent Philanthropy's National Conference

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Thoughts from Exponent Philanthropy's National Conference

We were offered a peek into how one foundation invests in “game changers”, or folks who have wild and crazy solutions. You may recognize a few of the grantees - Upstream USA, Kiva, OpenBiome, and The Common Market. One of the questions asked was, “How does this foundation select projects since they are often in the early stages of development?” Their answer - leadership.