I just returned from the biannual meeting of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, known affectionately as GEO, held this year in Atlanta. Since its founding ten years ago, GEO has held five such national gatherings — funders who care deeply not just about the programmatic work they support, but also about the strength of the organizations within which nonprofits carry out their work.

At a plenary session on the last day, Barbara Kibbe, one of the founders of both GEO and the field of nonprofit organizational effectiveness, asked the room if anyone other than herself had managed to attend all five GEO meetings over the past decade. Only one person among the hundreds present raised their hand — me!

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