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Topic 2: How Do Networks Support Scale?

Many grantmakers are adopting a network mindset, going beyond the traditional constraints of stand-alone grants, initiatives or organizations. This briefing paper provides a look at how networks can support the efforts of grantmakers to build relationships, harness complementary resources and work together to scale impact. + download

Updates

Save the date for the Scaling What Works Fall Convening!
Join Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, as part of its Scaling What Works initiative, and 200 grantmaking peers for the fall conference, Supporting Movements: A grantmaker gathering on collaborative approaches for social change, November 18 - 19, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

Priority registration opens to GEO members on Sept. 4. Regular registration opens to all other eligible participants on Sept. 17, and discounted rates for early registration are available through Sept. 30. For more information, click here.
Venture Philanthropy Partners' youthCONNECT network featured on NPR!
GEO member Venture Philanthropy Partners was featured on NPR's All Things Considered radio broadcast. The segment told the story of Jasmine, a young adult who benefitted from the work of multiple nonprofits engaged with Venture Philanthropy Partners' youthCONNECT network, a collaborative effort of six nonprofits dedicated to working with at-risk youth in the D.C. area. Venture Philanthropy Partners set up youthCONNECT using $6 million from the Social Innovation Fund, and more than $7 million in matching funds provided by corporate and private donors. To listen to the story, click here.
CNCS announces new Director of the Social Innovation Fund!
The Corporation for National and Community Service has announced Michael Smith, a recognized leader in the world of innovation, philanthropy and public-private partnerships, as the new Director of the Social Innovation Fund.
Michael comes to this position after serving as Senior Vice President for Social Innovation at the Case Foundation, where he was a member of the senior leadership team and led social innovation strategy, including investments, programs and partnerships.
John A. Hartford Foundation announces Social Innovation Fund Subgrantees
The John A. Hartford Foundation has announced five nonprofit community health clinics in the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho) region who will receive grants through its Social Innovation Fund award. The selected nonprofits will implement Project IMPACT (Improving Mood – Promoting Access to Collaborative Care), an evidence-based depression care model offered by the University of Washington, which doubles the benefits of usual depression treatment. To learn more about the selected nonprofits, click here.
Register now: New peer learning program on strategic co-funding
Following our Strategic Co-funding Convening in February 2013, we have seen a great deal of interest among GEO members in continuing to learn with and from others doing this work. As a result, we’ve developed a new, cohort-based, peer learning program that will commence in early-June 2013. Registration for this series is now closed.

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