Take a fresh look at grantmaking process to ensure effectiveness

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/nba.30374
• Date: 01 November 2017
• Published date: 01 November 2017

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Bloomberg, Zuckerberg and

Gates partner on health initiative

Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Chan Zuck-

erberg Initiative and the Bill & Melinda Gates

Foundation have launched a new $225 million

global health initiative that aims to save more than

100 million lives by preventing heart attacks and

strokes and helping countries close life-threatening

gaps in epidemic preparedness and response. The

initiative, dubbed Resolve, will be implemented by

a team of global health experts at Vital Strategies,

a New York–based global health organization that

works in more than 60 countries.

In addition to the support and technical assis-

tance to be provided by Vital Strategies, Resolve

will support and work closely with the World

Health Organization, the Bloomberg School of

Public Health at The Johns Hopkins University,

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

The World Bank and the Campaign for Tobacco-

Free Kids.

The Resolve initiative consists of two programs:

Resolve—To Save 100 Million Lives and Resolve—

To Prevent Epidemics. Across both programs, the

Resolve initiative will employ best practice ap-

proaches to monitoring the extent of the problem

and progress made, improving the global evidence

base and providing examples for other countries to

follow, amplifying the overall impact of the project,

organizers said.

For more information, visit http://bloombg

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Take a fresh look at grantmaking process

to ensure effectiveness

they do and if/how they can improve their process,”

she said.

To help in that effort, CyberGrants recently

released guidance that offers a series of tips for

Grantmakers of all sorts hope that their processes

are efcient and effective, helping their nonprot

grantees progress toward their missions and helping

the grantmaker itself accomplish its own goals and

objectives. But as the philanthropic sector changes—

whether it’s the integration of new technologies or

increased awareness of the challenges nonprots

face—grantmakers need to adapt their practices and

keep them updated to ensure maximum impact.

According to Melissa Sheetoo at nonprot soft-

ware rm CyberGrants, reviewing best practices can

be helpful for newbies and seasoned pros alike.

“Grantmaking is a multistep, complex process and

it can be very cumbersome, especially if the steps aren’t

automated,” Sheetoo told Nonprot Business Advisor.

“Even those that have been in the grantmaking

business for years can benet from taking a fresh

look at how/why they support the organizations that

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