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GCIR Resources for Funders on Immigration

Publication date: 
November 2016
Two fact sheets for funders on immigration developed by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and shared at the 10/20/2016 Community-Engaged Grantmaking workshop. The first is Talking Points on Immigration for Funders, the second is a Funders Guide to Grants and Immigration Status.
Resource type: 
Funder Briefing
Audience: 
Funders
Topic(s): 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Funding Area: 
Immigrant/Refugees
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990 Tax Form Resources

Publication date: 
October 2016
990's are the tax forms that both foundations and nonprofits must file with the IRS. These forms are open to the public, and we list a number of ways to access this information.
Resource type: 
Research
Audience: 
Funders
Nonprofits
Topic(s): 
Grant Research
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Article: Pay-What-It-Takes Philanthropy

Illustration showing a lamp, desk chair, and desk.
Publication date: 
June 2016
This Stanford Social Innovation Review article argues for a new grantmaking approach-- "one that provides enough money for nonprofits to pay for all their operations, not just programs and services." By Jeri Eckhart-Queenan, Michael Etzel, & Sridhar Prasad | Summer 2016 The authors examined the indirect rates of more than 20 nonprofit organizations in order to understand exactly how much organizations are spending on all aspects of their operations. They discovered that "indirect costs make up a much larger percentage of a nonprofit’s total costs than is widely understood." This article...
Resource type: 
Best Practice
Audience: 
Funders
Topic(s): 
Determining size/type/duration of grants

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