• Lydia was astute in defining GGAs role in strengthening the sector, and Lydia leaned into other organizations for stronger collaboration. • With Lydia at the helm, GGA was very effective in 2020. • I just think Lydia is exceptional. She has given us a consistent and significant opportunity. I consider her both a thought partner professionally and just somebody who’s very open to hearing frustrations in real-time.
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• I’m based here in Atlanta, but I’ve had a unique opportunity to see how other states do things. I haven’t seen other states convene folks the way that GGA does. There are always key issues, and topics and GGA is very consistent. When I’ve tried to connect in other states, it’s a bit more sporadic or transactional, whereas GGA seems intentional and consistent. • Well, I think, getting the family foundations to have a conversation about equity, I’m just going to keep it real. I never thought I would see that day. And to create that space, having an honest conversation about equity and bringing people in who know what they’re talking about is something that I appreciate. • I’ve come to respect GGA’s ability to be impartial and bring people to the table from the public sector who we don’t often get to hear from.
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• I think that Lydia continues to make GGA distinct from SECF is fantastic. We can certainly get engaged with SECF very meaningfully, but it seems GGA is much more event-specific. SECF is so much bigger than GGA; it’s harder to get involved in a real way. • There was some tension between the role of GGA and the role of SECF. GGA works, obviously, under the umbrella of SECF in a lot of ways. I’m sure it’s not completely solved but I feel like perhaps due to Lydia and the steering committee, that some of those tensions have gone away. The relationship seems more comfortable, there seems to be less awkwardness there. • One of the things that makes GGA unique, honestly, is its partnership with SECF. Many of the statewide PSOs or philanthropic serving organizations that are growing today are moving toward just independence, which means that they have to build more infrastructure and have a lot more money to function. Because of the partnership that we’ve established with SECF, they’ve been able to function at a very high level. In some cases much higher than some of the kind of statewide associations that are 501(c)(3)s and with much less financial resources.
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Georgia Grantmakers Alliance // SOAR Analysis & Net Promoter Score
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