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Scaling What Works is online!

Knowing that you depend on the GEO community to stay informed of emerging trends in the field of philanthropy, we built this online space to aggregate information and conversations about grantmaking practices that contribute to growing social impact. We also developed this site — a companion to our main website, www.geofunders.org — to make it much easier to find and share resources relating to our Scaling What Works initiative and the Social Innovation Fund.

We created this site to be interactive (you can subscribe to these updates via RSS and will soon have the ability to comment on pages) and informative. Within these pages, you can find the latest on our traveling skill-building workshops and other events, new resources and the most recent goings-on with the Social Innovation Fund.

The portal is still under construction, so check back for new content and features. Reflecting our commitment to learning for improvement, we welcome your feedback and suggestions — let us know what you like, what you do not like and what you want to see more of. We look forward to hearing from you!

 

Updates

  • Watch new videos about Social Innovation Fund projects
    See how four GEO members — AIDS United, New Profit Inc., U.S. Soccer Foundation and Venture Philanthropy Partners — are using awards from the Social Innovation Fund to scale the impact of effective nonprofits and improve outcomes for low-income communities. + more
  • Missed the "Assessing and Supporting Nonprofit Financial Health" webinar? Recording now online

    If you missed any webinars from GEO's Scaling What Works initiative, check out these resources. Watch an online recording and download the slides from our most recent webinar on nonprofit financial sustainability, delivered in partnership with Nonprofit Finance Fund.
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  • Registration for GEO's National Conference sold out

    GEO's biennial National Conference, held in partnership with Philanthropy Northwest, is scheduled for Seattle, March 12 - 14, 2012. More than 600 grantmakers from the GEO community will convene to discuss practices and approaches to smarter grantmaking that will help to make faster progress on some of society's most pressing challenges. Registration has now sold out and we are only accepting wait list registrations. Please visit our conference microsite for more information and follow updates on our blog. + more

  • Social Innovation Fund 2011 subgrant RFPs released
    The 2011 Social Innovation Fund intermediaries have released RFPs for subgrantees (see this chart for an overview). Grantmakers can support the success of the Social Innovation by encouraging high-performing nonprofits you already support to consider applying for a subgrant. Application deadlines vary, and subgrantees will be announced in March 2012. Funders can also get involved in the Social Innovation Fund as collaborative partners by contributing resources to help either intermediary awardees or their subgrantees meet their match requirements. + more
  • New head of White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation announced

    Starting today (Sept. 15, 2011), Jonathan Greenblatt, will lead the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation. Greenblatt succeeds Sonal Shah, who left the office in August.

    Previously, Greenblatt served as chief executive of Good Worldwide, a media company that runs Good magazine; co-founded Ethos Brand; and was a lecturer at the Anderson School of Management at the University of California at Los Angeles. + more

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