Calendar of Events

At this meeting, Kevin Bolduc of the Center for Effective Philanthropy will present the Grantmaker Assessment Tool, one of the resources being developed for Project Streamline.  

This simple, on-line tool will:

• Allow you to assess your current practices against the flaws identified in the Drowning in Paperwork report and the practices of your peers.
• Calculate the cost of your application and reporting process to both yourself and your grantseekers.
• Provide you with data and a report that can be used to advocate within your organization for change. 
• Track the application and reporting improvements you make over time. 

Assistance Beyond the Grant: What Works, What Doesn’t
Recent CEP research explores the questions of how foundations approach – and grantees experience – the provision of assistance beyond the grant. How do foundations decide what to do and for whom? What do grantees actually value? What are the characteristics of more, and less, successful approaches to the provision of nonmonetary assistance? This interactive session will begin with a presentation of CEP’s findings by Senior Research Analyst Andrea Brock and then segue into an interactive discussion about the best ways to provide assistance beyond the grant.

Foundations often critique nonprofits for not being focused enough on assessing and improving their impact.  Nonprofits complain that funders aren’t clear about their own goals and strategies – and make time-consuming requests for data and information that distract them from mission.  What differentiates those funders and nonprofits that have worked most effectively together to generate powerful, positive results? This session will tap into the research of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, including surveys of tens of thousands of grantee organizations and analysis of foundation CEO and program officer decision-making approaches.  It will explore what is required of the leaders of foundations and nonprofits in order to generate meaningful impact.  Participants will have the opportunity to learn from exemplary foundation and grantee leaders and to share what works – and what doesn’t – in their funding relationships.

During this session, Travis Manzione of the Center for Effective Philanthropy will present the Grantmaker Assessment Tool, one of the resources being developed for Project Streamline. This on-line tool will allow grant managers to:

• Assess current practices against the flaws identified in the Drowning in Paperwork (.pdf) report and the practices of peers.
• Calculate the cost of your application and reporting process to both yourself and your grantseekers.
• Provide you with data and a report that can be used to advocate within your organization for change. 
• Track the application and reporting improvements you make over time.