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Promoting collaboration and dialog between granting organizations.
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Welcome to High Plains Grant Makers! Early in 2006, Grantmakers in Garden City, Kansas gathered to discuss collaboration and promote dialog between granting organizations. Opening a valuable line of communication between the participating entities, programs and opportunities to work together were determined. Out of this work came efforts to provide education to area non-profits. Seminars that would help in the governance and operations of non-profits and charitable entities that could be offered locally, saving travel time and resources. The goal of this initial effort was to help make area charities more efficient. A second goal that emerged was to make philanthropy more effective. For example, streamlining the grant process, creating a common point of entry to the philanthropic community for charities, opening a dialogue to share "lessons learned" between organization, all while promoting Garden City as "philanthropically progressive". High Plains Grants Makers continues to look for projects to fund jointly. As the first jointly funded program, the group has chosen to underwrite a progressive learning opportunity in cooperation with the Finney County Historical Museum called "Celebrate Kansas!" This will be a program... (read more) |
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