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It’s time to completely reimagine the role of foundation program officers

Posted on October 6, 2019October 7, 2019 by Vu

Over a decade—and a million white hairs—ago I ran an after-school program serving low-income kids. The program went well, until…

Posted in Funder Relations, Fundraising, GrantwritingTagged foundations, funding dynamics, grantsLeave a Comment on It’s time to completely reimagine the role of foundation program officers

Foundations, it’s time to stop using grant applications to distribute funding

Posted on September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 by Vu

Hi everyone. Today’s post will be long and serious. But before we get into it, here are ways you can…

Posted in Funder Relations, Fundraising, GrantwritingTagged funding dynamics, grantwriting, nonprofit, power dynamicsLeave a Comment on Foundations, it’s time to stop using grant applications to distribute funding

All right, “color-blind” colleagues, we need to have a talk

Posted on April 24, 2017April 25, 2017 by Vu

In my work and travels I’ve met some really incredible people doing amazing stuff. Every meeting, every trip restores my…

Posted in UncategorizedTagged color brave, color-blind, color-blindness, injustice, kenny loggins, nonprofit, race28 Comments on All right, “color-blind” colleagues, we need to have a talk

Requiring formal education as a default is an inequitable hiring practice we need to end

Posted on August 29, 2016August 30, 2016 by Vu

Recently, I’ve been seeing more and more job postings list the salary range. This is awesome. As awesome as the…

Posted in ED Life, nonprofit fieldTagged degrees, formal education, hiring, nonprofit, stranger things43 Comments on Requiring formal education as a default is an inequitable hiring practice we need to end

Why Budget Testing is a terrible way for foundations to determine funding allocation

Posted on February 29, 2016February 29, 2016 by Vu

A while ago, I wrote “When you don’t disclose salary range on a job posting, a unicorn loses its wings.”…

Posted in Capacity Building, Fundraising, Grantwriting, nonprofit fieldTagged budget testing, communities of color, equality, equity, nonprofit20 Comments on Why Budget Testing is a terrible way for foundations to determine funding allocation

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