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Grantee Perception ReportIf a Former President Can’t Give Funder Feedback, Then Who Can?
April 17th, 2013
For all the talk of new technologies that might allow grant recipients to provide candid feedback to funders, the funder-grantee power imbalance remains very real. I was reminded of this, vividly, when I was catching up on The Daily Show a couple days ago. ...
Forging Ahead: A Refresh for the GPR in 2013
December 10th, 2012
In my last post, I talked about the constructive feedback regarding the quality and utility of the Grantee Perception Report (GPR) that we heard through our 2012 third-party surveys of GPR users. One major thrust of our improvement process focused on an overhaul of the comparative data format of the Grantee Perception Report itself. ...
Fueling Change Through Feedback
December 6th, 2012
All the survey feedback in the world doesn’t matter even a tiny bit unless it’s acted on. So the test of the Grantee Perception Report (GPR) isn’t whether a foundation receives interesting grantee feedback, but whether it is able to create productive change based on the feedback it receives. ...
From Vision To Reality
December 4th, 2012
Around this time in December 2002 – 10 years ago! – The Rhode Island Foundation sent CEP one of the best emails we’ve ever received. ...
Grantee Feedback: A Tool for Assessing Program Officers
October 24th, 2012
In my role as a Senior Research Analyst at CEP, I’ve read through thousands of grantees’ comments about working with the foundations that support them. The tenor of these comments varies widely and is often influenced by the nature of grantees’ relationships with their funders, particularly when it comes to their interactions with program officers. ...
Transparency Starts at Home
July 12th, 2012
There seems to be more and more talk of “transparency” among foundation leaders. Leading the charge is Brad Smith, the CEO of Foundation Center, who has brought tremendous new energy and vision to that organization. ...
New Efforts to Improve the Grantee Perception Report
March 28th, 2012
At CEP, we are driven by the belief that feedback can fuel positive change. Since joining CEP I’ve been proud that we walk this talk with our own work; each year — as a part of our internal efforts towards assessment and ongoing improvement — we conduct a survey of funders participating in the Grantee Perception Report (GPR). ...
The Unique and Urgent ‘Business’ of Philanthropy
December 22nd, 2011
The following blog post is adapted from a talk presented at a meeting of the Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington. As Suk Rhee mentioned in her introduction, I am a native Oregonian, so I know that there is no better place than the Pacific Northwest. ...















