Putting Grantees at the Center of Philanthropy (GEO and SSIR Blog Series)
Research shows that grantmakers that are more connected to their grantees—those that have an ear to the ground—are more likely to provide the support that nonprofits need to be successful; they are five times as likely to offer capacity-building support and two times as likely to offer multiyear support. We also know that tapping the knowledge and perspective of grantees and community members builds trust and helps shape more-effective solutions.
Posts in this series include:
- Grantee Inclusion: What’s it all about?, by Lori Bartczak, vice president of programs at GEO
- Who’s Getting Paid to Advance Grantee Inclusion?, by Chris Cardona, program officer for philanthropy at the Ford Foundation
- Ask Questions, First to Learn But Then to Act, by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, co-director of the Building Movement Project
- Four Dating Tips to Sustain Strong Grantmaker-Grantee Relationships, by Kierra Johnson, executive director of Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity (URGE)
- Four Ways to Bridge the Grantee-Grantmaker Power Gap in Collective Impact, by Robert Albright, associate director of the Collective Impact Forum
- Walking a Different Kind of Grantmaker Walk, by Elizabeth Cushing, president and chief operating officer of Playworks
- The Ripple Effect of Foundation Culture, by Kevin Bolduc, vice president of assessment and advisory services at the Center for Effective Philanthropy
- The Gift of Grantee Inclusion, by Eric Martin, senior leadership advisory and founder at Adaptive Change Advisors, and Tara Hickey, consultant with Cambridge Leadership Associates
- Grantee Inclusion: A Step Towards Mutual Accountability?, by Justin Laing, senior program offer at the Heinz Endowments
- Getting to the Heart of Healthy Funder-Grantee Relationships, by Amanda Broun, vice presidents of program and practice, Katie Johnes, director of sector advancement and convenings, at Independent Sector
- Pleasantly Surprised by What’s Inside Pandora’s Box, by Katie Eyes, senior program officer for health care at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
- Start with a Shared Vision, by Brad Cameron, communications and knowledge management associate at the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
- Grantee Inclusion for Community Empowerment, by Lisa Ranghelli, senior director of assessment and special projects at the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
- Winter Is Here, and the Wall Between Funders and Nonprofits Must Come Down, by Vu Le, executive director of Rainier Valley Corps
Read more about this joint series from Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and Stanford Social Innovation Review.