STRATEGIC ARTICULATION MAP 2022 - 2026
OUR PURPOSE IS TO:
DEVELOP & CONNECT PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS
INTERPRET & INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY
ACTIVATE & ALIGN FOUNDATION CAPITAL
TO MAKE A TRANSFORMATIONAL DIFFERENCE IN ALL GEORGIA'S COMMUNITIES
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HOW TO READ AND FOLLOWOUR STRATEGIC ARTICULATION MAP
Our purpose is to develop and connect philanthropic leaders, interpret and influence public policy and activate and align foundation capital to make a transformational difference in all Georgia’s communities.
To align our strategic plan to our purpose, it helps to decompose this sentence into its 4 key parts. The first 3 elements describe what we will do. How we will act. Focus on the VERBS of each top row.
The final state is our impact. It’s our ‘why’. It’s what drives our action.
Over the next few pages, we will decompose each of these 4 elements using this approach. i. Strategic Priority – What is important about this element and why ii. Vision Snapshots – We use a THINK BIG, START SMALL AND SCALE FAST rhythm to set our aspirations. These describe what we aspire to see in 5 years, 1 year and 3 years respectively. iii. Our Differentiators declare what we will do differently that we’re not doing now. This gives us a sense of our change mandate. iv. Our Headline Indicators will measure our progress to let us know how well we’re moving towards our visions and aspirations. v. Our Critical Initiatives lay out what we’re going to do starting in 2022. It doesn’t yet indicate specific timing or priority. But it does illustrate what we must begin to do to create the vision.
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DEVELOP AND CONNECT PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS
STRATEGIC PRIORITY
FLIP THE PHILANTHROPY NORM FROM EXCLUSIVE TO RADICALLY INCLUSIVE GGA is here for all funders with compelling service offerings. Our value added through the Alliance is higher, the more funders we have at the table. We create more synergy. We will uplift other's voices - always having Inclusion at the center and always asking who's not at the table.
THINK BIG (By 2026 we will see)
CONNECT GGA convenes ANY AND ALL funders in Georgia to ensure its reach into all Georgia communities
INFORM GGA is the preeminent resource for connected, informed and knowledgeable GA philanthropy professionals
NETWORK Grantmakers are well networked, know each other, and USE those relationships to do their work
START SMALL (By December 2022, we will see)
GGA is a learning center for GA funders for knowledge and skill building around advocacy
GGA has a strategy to reach untapped funders in Georgia and are working to engage them (Make room for everyone at the table)
GGA has formally developed it’s ‘network of networks’ with tools and communication mediums to identify and monitor statewide issues and fill the gaps
SCALE FAST (by 2024, we will see)
GGA participants have chosen learning paths and can show learning progress and experiences with certifications
GGA is a known quantity to entire funder community of Georgia by being able to be responsive to the way we collectively address issues with philanthropy
Philanthropy leaders in GA are easily able to query interest areas and connect with colleagues of similar interest, work and strategy
DIFFERENTIATORS
SHIFT GGA FROM BEING “AVAILABLE TO JOIN” TO “SEEKING ‘OTHERS’ TO JOIN” Intentional outreach to reach those not always engaged, new faces; look to GGA to lead but also be willing to take a step back to listen as well
HEADLINE INDICATORS
• Completed learning assets • Post-completion evaluation
• Event participation, engagement, and evaluation • Private Social Media Group Member County (Facebook, LinkedIn) • Net Promoter Score
• Number of GGA Participants
2022 CRITICAL INITIATIVES
• Develop a learning strategy with curriculums, training strategies and plans for GGA participants in coordination with SECF • Launch Learning Management System (LMS) to develop, deliver and manage process.
• Branding on Purpose – Marketing / PR plan to target all GA funders including social media, website, media/pr, targeted business development • Ensure we are reaching the different types of foundations (corporate, family, private, community) • Launch a series of participant growth initiatives to have current and prospective bring in all GA funders from metro to rural GA
• Develop network model and framework to build including process, technology, etc • Develop and launch network mapping story telling campaign to feature examples of funding collaborations and impact
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INTERPRET AND INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY
STRATEGIC PRIORITY
BUILD Build and sustain trusted partnerships between funders and policy makers positioning GGA as a go-to, trusted, non-partisan resource.
THINK BIG (By 2026 we will see)
INFLUENCE GGA prescribes GA Policy and Philanthropy Agenda with system-level priorities for Georgia grantmakers and shared awareness with policy makers
PARTNER Philanthropic leaders are active thought leader partners with state leaders and policy makers.
EDUCATE GGA participants develop and grow their policy influence
START SMALL (By December 2022, we will see)
Georgia foundations see policy as central to advancing their work and leveraging their capital
GGA hosts a policy and leadership institute for participants
Delegation of GGA Members Meet with State Agency Leaders to Share Collective Vision for Implementation of Federal Funds
SCALE FAST (by 2024, we will see)
GGA points to gaps that are not getting enough attention, frames issues (giving both sides), and describes how policy affects critical issues in the state.
GGA policy and leadership institute implemented annually with growing alumni network
GGA is seen as a non-biased source on what is happening in policy and helps promote the role for Georgia foundations in the state policy process.
DIFFERENTIATORS
COMMIT Commit to continually developing relationships, trust and partnerships alongside the other parts of the independent sector despite the constant change and turmoil at the state level.
HEADLINE INDICATORS
Number of policies on our agenda
Number of GGA participants in policy learning events
Number and depth of public policy partners on our radar
2022 CRITICAL INITIATIVES
• GGA develops a five-year policy agenda • Implementation of the policy agenda (advocacy, collective action, etc.) • Host a “Philanthropy to Policy Day" with GGA participants and state legislators to work on and advance the public policy agenda • The GGA public policy agenda is endorsed by GGA's independent sector partners and our communities. • Link GGA's policy agenda to a dashboard of community identified issues and solutions • Develop and illustrate linkages from funder grantees (non-profits) to policy agenda (For example, NBCDI needs GA to alleviate school suspensions. Education funders advocate for this with GA policy makers)
• Design, develop and execute policy leadership institute • Implement a segmented learning model for public policy based on the level of experience of the participant • Establish a series of public/private collaborations and partnerships. These collaboratives would create learning environments and use storytelling to help inform and educate policy makers and the public.
• Develop relationships with state leaders and policy makers (convenings, etc.) • Establish calendar of convenings and events with state leaders and policy makers
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ACTIVATE AND ALIGN FOUNDATION CAPITAL
STRATEGIC PRIORITY
BE THE LEADING EDGE of redefining what a return on investment is for foundation capital (i.e. insuring positive impact on equity and the environment, not just positive economic returns). THINK BIG (By 2026 we will see) PUSH
SHARE KNOWLEDGE Foundations strengthen their impact and collectively achieve investment synergies by embracing shared data. analytics and, new technologies.
SYNERGY GGA participants pursuing the "multiplier effect" of foundation assets through convening and aggregating other aligned investors and public capital to catalyze equitable outcomes
GA participants / funders use their financial capital, both grants and investments, along with their reputation and influence, informed by their GGA knowledge and collaboratively with their GGA colleagues to advance their missions and advance equitable outcomes.
START SMALL (By December 2022, we will see) GGA participants have provided their investment / funding priorities, grantees, impact areas and stories Link Funders to Investment Priorities to Grantees to Impact Opportunities to Stories.
GGA has mobilized it’s participants influence with knowledge and awareness of capital and assets, policy makers, leaders and engaged communities
GGA has best practices for collaborative philanthropic initiatives
SCALE FAST (by 2024, we will see)
GGA participants have developed and invested in intermediaries in order to bridge capacity and efficiency of utilizing impact capital.
GGA is the place that you come to see how your work is connected to the larger ecosystem.
GGA has ignited, collected and framed case studies and story telling assets of collective impact that created equity outcomes.
DIFFERENTIATORS
TAKE RISKS! And be comfortable with the constructive criticism that will come.
HEADLINE INDICATORS
Amount of GGA colleague collective and aligned investments
Metrics for measuring the impact of our capital, in particular the ways that we can leverage capital for exponential impact.
Case studies and collected stories of collaborative impact investments
2022 CRITICAL INITIATIVES
• GGA asks members to ask their investment managers what investments they hold are in conflict with grantmaking priorities. (There is risk here, and the conversations will be uncomfortable, but GGA needs to take some risks over the next several years to maximize their impact).
• Develop best practices for collaborative philanthropic initiatives, which can attract investments from funders outside of our state. • Create a financial asset map of potential sources of capital that can benefit Georgia communities, in particular public sources of capital. • Collaboratively develop and invest in intermediaries in order to bridge capacity and efficiency of utilizing impact capital. • Enable Georgia grantmakers to develop an understanding of the intersection of individual grantmakers' strategies and of their interrelated impact at the subject matter and systems level, which are also interrelated.
• Curate a library of models to be followed (for instance, create case studies). • Develop leadership and talent that embraces impact investing for equitable outcomes. • GGA is the place that you come to see how your work is connected to the larger ecosystem. • Build and grow GGA participants as leadership and talent that embraces impact investing for equitable outcomes.
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TO MAKE A TRANSFORMATIONAL DIFFERENCE IN ALL GEORGIA’S COMMUNITIES
STRATEGIC PRIORITY
CHAMPION the intersection of issues facing Georgia and their differing impacts on various populations and take an intentional and inclusive approach to engaging a diverse group of grantmakers to provide broad perspectives when considering appropriate solutions.
THINK BIG (By 2026 we will see) CHAMPION EQUITY
OVERCOME Historically Marginalized Communities in Georgia Overcome Social Determinants of Health coupled with Philanthropic Investment
GGA is a major catalyst and champion in bringing metro and rural Georgia to the same table while driving racial equity philanthropic giving
AMPLIFY GGA is amplifying the voices of the communities we serve.
START SMALL (By December 2022, we will see)
GGA has reached out, engaged and understood currently underrepresented communities
GGA participants think more broadly about the strategies employed in their work (capital beyond financial) and the deployment of tactics appropriate to particular communities.
GGA helps participants understand their funding investment to community
SCALE FAST (by 2024, we will see)
Georgia grantmakers consistently consider the impacts of their grantmaking on all Georgia constituents
Georgia has set a new standard for new funding and investment approached to equity through black and brown communities
Increased presence of national funders at GGA event and increased interactions between GGA members and national funders.
National funders look to GGA for coordinated approach to systems change in Georgia and seek to co-invest.
DIFFERENTIATORS
REACH OUT GGA must be proactive in seeking representation of diverse experience and viewpoint and engage them in a way that their contributions are valuable and they feel valued.
HEADLINE INDICATORS
• Amount of GGA participant funding and investment in black and brown communities • GA percentage of total philanthropy that goes to under invested communities
Position on ranked state list of health indicators
Target well-being indicators
2022 CRITICAL INITIATIVES
• Develop outreach, branding and publicity to bring awareness to communities • Engage new and different grantmakers that represent underrepresented communities as participants and leaders in the work of GGA
• Ensure that all GGA programming is built with an intentional focus on examining disparities of experience and results for various populations • Develop studies and GGA workshops to explore underinvested communities and their missed equity opportunities.
• Identify and engage national funders with a physical presence in GA. • Utilize GGA committees as an opportunity to engage and develop new participants and bench strength for the Steering Committee
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