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    A discussion guide for funders who are considering supporting the social sector infrastructure

    Funding the Support System That Helps Your Grantees Thrive

    • This guide can help funders who are considering supporting the social sector infrastructure identify and discuss areas of the infrastructure they might want to fund.

    Discussion guides for social sector infrastructure funders

    How to Use Your Funding to Reduce Inequities in the Social Sector Infrastructure

    • This guide can help funders plan actions they can take to reduce inequities and disparities in the social sector and its infrastructure.

    How to Strategically Allocate Your Infrastructure Funding Portfolio

    • This guide can help funders think strategically about how best to allocate their funding to infrastructure organizations and determine what parts of the infrastructure they find most critical to support.

    How to Ensure Infrastructure Grantees Have the Financial Resources They Need to Meet Their Missions

    • This guide can help funders plan the actions they will need to take to increase the financial security of their infrastructure grantees so those grantees can meet their missions.

    Discussion guides for social sector infrastructure providers

    How Infrastructure Providers Can Reduce Inequities in the Social Sector Infrastructure

    • This guide can help infrastructure providers plan the actions they can take to reduce inequities by diversifying their leadership and staff and serving diverse communities.

    Defining Your Role as a Provider of Social Sector Infrastructure

    • This guide can help infrastructure providers consider when they want to play a serving role (where they provide supports that meet current needs articulated by those they serve), a leading role (where they propel those they serve in what they see as the most beneficial direction), or a bridging role (where they cultivate relationships across differences).

    Communicating and Increasing Your Value-Add to the Social Sector Infrastructure

    • This guide can help infrastructure providers plan the actions they can take to ensure their services stand out among the growing number of organizations that support the social sector and ensure those services are as useful as possible.

    Discussion guides for social sector leaders and organizations

    How to Promote Well-Being within Your Organization

    • This guide can help social sector leaders plan the actions they will need to take to address burnout and a lack of well-being within their organizations so they can meet their missions.

    How Your Organization Can Get the Support It Needs to Thrive

    • This guide can help social sector leaders and staff think strategically about the support they need to meet their missions and identity areas where the social sector infrastructure could help them.