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Effective giving starts with asking the right questions and using the right tools.
The resources below reflect what Grow and funders have identified as essential for strategic, informed investment in nonprofits and communities. Explore the topics to deepen your approach and advance your impact.
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Here you will see the three overall sections of the Grow Library. This is a good jumping-off point for your research and data gathering in order to build capacity.
Here are a few resources we recommend.
| TITLE | SOURCE | hf:doc_categories | hf:doc_tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Risk and Resilience Checklist for Purpose-Driven Boards | BoardSource | articles board-development nonprofit nonprofit-operations | board board-chair board-development boardsource checklist cs-pathway donor-pathway governance leadership np-pathway resilience tool |
| About SAVI | Grow | data-literacy | cs-pathway data-sources donor-pathway funder-pathway grow np-pathway savi |
 | Annual Evaluation Template for Executive Director | Compass Point | human-resources nonprofit-operations | assessment board board-development board-leadership communications dashboard donor-pathway evaluation executive-director funder-pathway np-pathway storytelling |
 | Calibration Point Podcasts | J.D. Levy and Associates | philanthropy-grantmaking | calibration-point donor-pathway funder-pathway j-d-levy-and-associates jamie-levy jdla np-pathway podcasts |
| Charity Detox | Robert D. Lupton | donor-funder | book charity cs-pathway donor-pathway funder-pathway lupton philanthropy robert-d-lupton toxic-charity |
 | Collective Action Network (CAN) | ECHO Housing | accessibility community-development donor-funder early-learning economy education flourishing healthy-food-access housing maternal-child-health mental-behavioral-health nonprofit online-resource-hubs online-resource-hubs-2 philanthropy-grantmaking poverty quality-of-place religion senior-care strategic-planning substance-abuse tobacco-use-vaping weight-nutrition-health community-topic-hubs data-literacy nonprofit-operations | can collective-action-network community-data dashboard database donor-pathway echo echo-housing flourishing funder-pathway np-pathway primary-data regional-data surveys |
 | Data.gov Archive | data-literacy online-resource-hubs-2 online-resource-hubs | archive-data archives cs-pathway data database donor-pathway funder-pathway government harvard np-pathway open-source | |
| Discover Philanthropy | Discover Philanthropy | philanthropy-grantmaking | discover-philanthropy donation donor-pathway funder-pathway jamie-levy jdla levy self-paced-learning training |
| Donor Bill of Rights | Association of Fundraising Professionals | philanthropy-grantmaking | bill-of-rights conversations donor donor-pathway np-pathway |
 | How to Be a Great Board Chair | Propel Nonprofits | board-development nonprofit-operations | board board-chair cs-pathway donor-pathway |
| How to Create Effective Philanthropy: Six Questions to Guide Donors | The Bridgespan Group | donor-funder | donor donor-pathway donors funder-pathway guide np-pathway philanthropy |
| How to Start a Nonprofit | Council of Nonprofits | start-up nonprofit-operations | beginning council-of-nonprofits cs-pathway donor-pathway new-nonprofit np-pathway start start-up |
| How to Talk to Donors About Wills | Endowdevelop.com | donor-funder fundraising-grantwriting philanthropy-grantmaking nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway donor-pathway funder-pathway future-planning philanthropy planning wealth will |
| Overcoming Psychological Barriers to Giving | National Center for Family Philanthropy | donor-funder | donor-pathway funder-pathway giving philanthropy |
| Regional Economic Acceleration + Development Initiative (READI) | E-REP | master-plans quality-of-place community-development community-topic-hubs | community-development cs-pathway data-sources donor-pathway e-rep economic-development erep funder-pathway np-pathway readi regional |
| Reinventing the Cycle: Adapting Relationship Fundraising for Donors Who Use DAFs | Genevieve G. Shaker PhD, H. Daniel Heist PhD, Rachel M. Sumison MPA | articles donor-funder papers-podcasts | donor-advised-funds donor-pathway funding interviews maintaining-relationships |
| SAVI Community Information System Data Content | Grow | data-literacy | cs-pathway data-content data-points data-sources donor-pathway funder-pathway grow np-pathway savi |
| SAVI Community Profile Tutorial | The Polis Center | data-literacy | cs-pathway data-sources donor-pathway funder-pathway grow how-to np-pathway savi video |
| SAVI Data Sources | Grow | data-literacy | cs-pathway data-sources donor-pathway funder-pathway grow np-pathway savi |
| State of E | For Evansville | community-development education flourishing housing mental-behavioral-health poverty quality-of-place religion community-topic-hubs | city-of-evansville community-development cs-pathway data donor-pathway evansville for-evansville funder-pathway np-pathway research state-of-e |
| Strategies for Giving More | Fidelity Charitable | philanthropy-grantmaking | donor donor-pathway gift giving philanthropy |
| Tepe Park Neighborhood, Evansville, IN Quality-of-Life Plan | Tepe Park Neighborhood Assoc. | flourishing housing master-plans quality-of-place community-topic-hubs community-development | cs-pathway data-sources donor-pathway funder-pathway lived-experience neighborhoods np-pathway tepe-park |
| The ARDA | The ARDA | flourishing nonprofit quality-of-place religion religion-2 reglion-consultant community-topic-hubs | arda cs-pathway dashboard data donor-pathway faith flourishing quality-of-place religion research us-religion world-religion |
| The NCFP Guide for Effective Family Philanthropy | National Center for Family Philanthropy | philanthropy-grantmaking | donor-pathway family-foundation foundation funder-pathway giving grant-making philanthropy private-foundation |
| The Overhead Myth | Nonprofit Quarterly | donor-funder | charity cs-pathway dan-pallotta donor-pathway funder-pathway giving nonprofit np-quarterly np-pathway philanthropy |
| The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Dan Pallotta, Ted Talk | donor-funder | charity cs-pathway dan-pallotta donation donor-pathway funder-pathway giving np-pathway overhead overhead-myth philanthropy podcast ted-talk |
| The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong (Overhead Myth) | Dan Pallotta, TED | accounting donor-funder nonprofit nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway dan donor donor-pathway expenses finances financial funder funder-pathway leadership np-pathway overhead overhead-myth pallotta |
| Too Many Nonprofits? No — There Aren’t Enough Good Nonprofits | Blue Avocado, Jan Masaoka | nonprofit nonprofit-operations | donor-pathway foundations funder-pathway informed-decisions nonprofits research strategic-planning |
| Tools To Empower Your Mission | Discover Philanthropy | articles community-development consultants fundraising nonprofit nonprofit-operations online-resource-hubs online-resource-hubs-2 papers-podcasts data-literacy | board-development cs-pathway donor-pathway giving impact nonprofits np-pathway philanthropy resources tools |
| Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How To Reverse It) | Robert D. Lupton | accessibility donor-funder flourishing fundraising nonprofit philanthropy-grantmaking religion-2 religion community-topic-hubs | charity charity-detox church churches cs-pathway donor-pathway funder-pathway lupton toxic-charity |
| Types of Funds | Community Foundation of Henderson | philanthropy-grantmaking | community-foundation community-foundations cs-pathway daf donor-advised-funds donor-pathway henderson np-pathway philanthropy wealth-planning |
| UnCharitable | Upstream Pictures | donor-funder | charity dan-pallotta donor-pathway funder-pathway movie ted-talk uncharitable |
| Volunteer Opportunities with United Way Southwestern Indiana | United Way Southwest Indiana | community-development consultants nonprofit online-resource-hubs quality-of-place data-literacy community-topic-hubs | community-development cs-pathway donor-pathway foundation indiana informed-decisions nonprofits volunteerism |
| What the World Gets Wrong About Nonprofits | Amy Fass | nonprofit nonprofit-operations philanthropy-grantmaking | cs-pathway donor-pathway funder-pathway informed-decisions nonprofits np-pathway philanthropy research |
| When Helping Hurts | Moody Publishers | donor-funder | cs-pathway donation donor-pathway funder-pathway funding toxic-charity when-helping-hurts |
 | Where You Live Matters – A Grow Data Report | Grow, The Polis Center | accessibility community-topic-hubs data-literacy early-learning economy education flourishing healthy-food-access housing maternal-child-health mental-behavioral-health nonprofit nonprofit-operations online-resource-hubs-2 philanthropy-grantmaking poverty quality-of-place religion senior-care substance-abuse weight-nutrition-health | community-development cs-pathway data donor-pathway economic-development flourishing funder-pathway housing indiana informed-decisions mental-health nonprofits np-pathway |
| Why a Community Foundation? | Community Foundation Alliance | philanthropy-grantmaking substance-abuse community-topic-hubs | community-foundation community-foundations cs-pathway daf donor-advised-funds donor-pathway np-pathway philanthropy wealth-planning |
| Why Neighborhoods? | Grow | community-development quality-of-place community-topic-hubs | census community community-development data donor-pathway funder-pathway neighborhoods np-pathway population |
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Grow Training for
Donor-Funders
Build your capacity by investing in best-in-class training. Learn more about data literacy, impactful investing strategies, and creating transformational change.
Grow Training for
Donors
Build your capacity by investing in best-in-class training. Learn more about data literacy, impactful investing strategies, and creating transformational change.
Here are a few training opportunities we recommend.
Capacity Building Consultants for Donors
Even experienced donors benefit from outside perspective. These consultants bring expertise in strategy, learning, and evaluation to help you sharpen your approach and increase effectiveness.
Explore this short list for targeted support.
Providing assessment and planning, funding prospect research, grant writing and grant process coaching.
Denise offers one-to-one, team and couples coaching utilizing the Enneagram and Working Genius model.
Our tailored solutions involve process and outcome evaluation, strategic organizational assessment, community resource and needs assessment, customized analytics, evaluation capacity building, grant writing, and proposal development, and data management.
His research on leadership, economic development and civic engagement has been published widely including Social Science Quarterly, Public Administration Review and the Journal of Leadership Education. He is available for consulting services in nonprofit management, board development, program evaluation/surveying and fundraising.
An award-winning, full-service branding, design and communication firm. We get involved in the initial concept, all the way through to the actual development of a spectrum of branding and marketing communication materials.
Donors
&
SAVI
Accurate, accessible data leads to better decision-making. The Regional Data System (RDS) powered by SAVI provides donor-funders with a shared understanding of needs to maximize impact.
Donors & SAVI
Accurate, accessible data leads to better decision-making. SAVI provides donors with a shared understanding of needs to maximize impact.
Grow Spotlight
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FAQ Grow Badges, Understanding Your Digital Badges
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Grow Partners with Credly to Launch Credentialing for Nonprofit Workforce Development in Evansville Region
Grow has partnered with global digital credentialing leader Credly to introduce verified digital badges for nonprofit professionals
