{"id":586347,"date":"2017-04-01T10:03:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T14:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/?p=586347"},"modified":"2023-05-30T17:44:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T21:44:05","slug":"ep33-nonprofit-collaborations-geri-mannion","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/podcast\/ep33-nonprofit-collaborations-geri-mannion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 33: Successful Nonprofit Collaborations (With Geri Mannion)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During my time at GLAAD, a funder convened a bunch of LGBT movement leaders. The funder wanted each nonprofit to share its 3-year strategic direction with the rest of the group. Many were unwilling to share.<\/p>\n

Why? Was it that these leaders were fearful that somebody would \u201csteal\u201d good ideas? That a better funded organization would stomp on their missions? Yes, plus other reasons as well. How disappointing.<\/p>\n

Nonprofit collaborations \u2013 the good and the bad \u2013 was a big topic at a recent conference I keynoted. I ran a breakout session and everyone laughed when the words \u201ccollaboration\u201d and \u201chostility\u201d appeared next to each other.<\/p>\n

But I believe it takes a village to run a nonprofit. Today\u2019s guest has spent her career giving away money. As a funder, she knows about the value of teamwork and will tell us a thing or two about the success that comes with nonprofit collaborations \u2013 and the potential hazards.<\/p>\n

About\u00a0Geri Mannion<\/h2>\n

As director of Carnegie Corporation’s U.S. Democracy Program, Geri Mannion brings a wealth of experience about the role of philanthropy in challenging, improving and deepening the civic dialogue. She has directed the division since 1998, after staffing the Corporation’s program of Special Projects for almost ten years.<\/p>\n

Active in professional organizations that work to advance and strengthen the philanthropic and nonprofit world, Geri\u00a0co-chairs the board of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, a national affinity group of funders active in supporting programs that impact immigrants.<\/p>\n

In 2009, Geri, together with her colleague Taryn Higashi, received the Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking, one of philanthropy\u2019s highest honors, for founding the Four Freedoms Fund, a funder collaborative. In 2010, she was named as one of the nonprofit sector\u2019s top fifty leaders by the Non-Profit Times.<\/p>\n

Geri\u00a0claims never to have had a bad day on the job\u2026 I needed to hear about that!<\/p>\n

In this episode:<\/h2>\n