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Absorptive Capacity

What is the optimal grant size?

Evaluator Bill Ryan talks about how much leadership development a nonprofit can actually tolerate.

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FLA Overview

Linda Wood and Paula Morris break down the three central components of the FLA: the grant, plan consultant, and peer convenings.

A Trusted Advisor
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A Trusted Advisor

Learn about the unique role that the plan consultant plays, and how they have become a linchpin to the FLA process.

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Securing the Firewall

How the FLA addresses the real tension between grantees’ ability to admit and work through difficult problems, while not having to worry about maintaining an image for the funder’s sake.

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