Grants with Large Returns on Investment
A $70,000 grant enabled TechSoup (TS) to hire an assistant to a lead development person. Without this grant, TS would not have completed its $11.5 million capital campaign by a hard deadline. So far, this additional capital has enabled TS to facilitate $67 million in free or discounted products and services to hundreds of thousands of organizations in 236 countries across the globe. Learn more here.
One forward-thinking funder galvanized others to join him in providing the END Fund with funding to hire development and communication staff. Within two years, the organization went from $57 million to $104 million in revenue. Learn more here.
The $19,000 cost of hiring a temporary grantmaker led to the awarding of approximately $250,000 in grants. Learn more here.
Through matching grants, SHOFCO secured $60,000 to undergo a comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation process. Afterward, Mastercard let the staff know they were impressed with their M&E work and subsequently awarded them a grant exceeding $1 million. Learn more here.
Grants with Long-Term Impacts
Under the right circumstances, long-term operational funding can yield exceptional social impact. Read about one extraordinary story here.
Nonprofit leaders could easily spend 40-60% of their time doing what could be done with others. This story conveys the enormous impact one organization achieved when it’s CEO was able to free up time. Learn more here.
Networks can achieve exceptional impact. MoveOn.org is one of the earliest examples. Fito is a global network of networks helping its constituents get the support they need. It is an example of big, broad, bold philanthropy. However, if it was not for two generous funders willing to provide start-up grants, Fito Network may not have gotten off the ground. Learn more here.
This story shares a funder’s journey from Rachael’s Network to efforts toward achieving collective impact, to her current organization, ValuesAdvisors. Learn more here.