Different scaling efforts require different kinds and amounts of money — and very different grantmaking strategies and approaches. Grantmakers looking to help nonprofits scale need to be savvy, knowing how to engage potential and current grantees in conversations about their financial situation and needs; understanding some of the possible institutional and environmental constraints to implementing changes; and knowing how to gain staff and board buy-in when deciding how to support grantees. Drawing on lessons and examples from NFF’s work as part of GEO’s Scaling What Works initiative, this session will explore considerations that grantmakers need to take into account as they strive to increase the sustainability of the efforts they fund in pursuit of advancing their missions.