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Impact Conversations is a show about change makers getting things done. 

Sally Fazal and Lynn Fergusson of Social Impact Advisors talk to NGO leaders, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and environmental innovators about their goals and how they're reaching them.

Aug 18, 2022

Laura Manning, Executive Director at the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation (LSHF) shares the journey and lessons learned from a bold Canadian pilot started in 2018, granting significant additional, unrestricted General Operating Support (GOS) to known grantees.  We hear about the time it takes to get boards comfortable with this approach and what’s behind that. We also hear how Laura and the Foundation see advocating for this approach as part of their work, to help shift the sector.  Now issuing more than 70% of the Foundation’s grants in unrestricted General Operating Support, LSHF provides insights and a framework in a Canadian context, and encouragement to Canadian funders to take a closer look at unrestricted giving as a way to enable impact.

 

Resources 

Lyle S. Hallman Foundation: http://www.lshallmanfdn.org  

General Operating Support pilot reports: http://www.lshallmanfdn.org/Pilot-Projects.htm  

Laura Manning on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-manning-3b052718/

Ford Foundation Unrestricted Giving: https://www.fordfoundation.org

 

 

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