{"id":16753,"date":"2024-03-05T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=16753"},"modified":"2025-10-03T07:39:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:39:53","slug":"embrace-knowledge-opportunities-for-an-effective-grant-strategy","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/industry-insights\/resources\/embrace-knowledge-opportunities-for-an-effective-grant-strategy","title":{"rendered":"Embrace Knowledge Opportunities for an Effective Grant Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero hero--textual hero--textual-powder-blue\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-9 col-lg\">\n                <ul class=\"breadcrumbs list-unstyled\">\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\"><i class=\"fa fa-home\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n            <li><a href=\"\/industry-insights\">Industry Insights<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/industry-insights\/resources\">Resources<\/a><\/li>\n        <li>Embrace Knowledge Opportunities for an Effective Grant Strategy<\/li>\n            <\/ul>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-7\">\n                <div class=\"hero--textual__content\">\n                                    <h1>Embrace Knowledge Opportunities for an Effective Grant Strategy<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-5\">\n                <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"gated-resource\" id=\"gated-resource-block_81cdf455bcba9e59c2fffe613436ff89\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row align-items-start justify-content-lg-between\">\n            <div class=\"col-lg-6 order-1\">\n                <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-white white-bg\" id=\"wysiwyg-block_0da66b5555db895cdf5ed947bdb4a641\">\n            <h2>How to Embrace Knowledge Work for Equitable Change<\/h2>\n<p class=\"body-large\">Grantmaking takes place in an increasingly complex world, and we are inundated with more information and new approaches to philanthropic strategy. 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