Funder Operations and Systems

Curious what the benefits and challenges are to all the different grant management platforms? Check out A Consumers Guide to Grants Management Systems for Public and Private Foundations and its corresponding website.  

What are general operating grants and why are they so important to nonprofits? Exponent Philanthropy, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, and The Chronicle of Philanthropy all agree that this type of grant is essential and funders should work to increase them. 

Each year the Council on Foundations publishes the sector's most comprehensive data on staff composition and compensation in the United States. 

Read our listserv conversation on stipend policies here.