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To expand leadership opportunities, funders should ensure that under-represented constituencies have a place at the table and decision-making authority.
This assessment guide aims to help funders make smarter—and fairer—grantmaking decisions. It shares specific questions to ask and plan examples to consider in pursuit of transformative change. Prospective grantees can also use this guide to strengthen their proposals and projects before advancing them within the funding pipeline.
This guide identifies 3 principles for funders to consider when assessing proposals and projects. These are: 1) focusing on people and place; 2) reducing local and regional disparities; and 3) expanding leadership opportunities.