Sample Collection: Grant Reporting
These samples provide insight on streamlining and simplifying the grant reporting process for grantee partners.
Series: The Six Practices of Trust-Based Philanthropy
Over the course of seven sessions, this series unpacks the six practices of trust-based philanthropy, as well as how to make the case for the structural and cultural changes necessary to support them.
Webinar Collection: Trust-Based Philanthropy 101
TBP 101 sessions offer a primer on trust-based philanthropy and an overview of its six principles, through the lens of a particular trust-based foundation’s journey.
The Role of Trust in Philanthropy
This keynote by Carrie Avery, President of the Durfee Foundation, is immediately followed by a panel discussion featuring three Indiana-based funders as they share more about how they’re working on prioritizing trust and relationships in their work.
Headwaters' Streamlined Go! Grants Application
Headwaters Foundation designed its GO! Grants to be quick turnaround, high-impact, low-stress mini grants. This application takes less than an hour, and enables grants to be turned around in less than a week.
Deciding Together: Shifting Power & Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking
Created with input from a number of participatory grantmakers, this guide shares challenges, lessons learned, and best practices for engaging in inclusive grantmaking.
Skeptic’s Corner: FAQ’s About Trust-Based Philanthropy
This guide outlines the top ten most frequently asked questions about how foundations can adopt a trust-based approach, and a collection of answers based on contributions from many trust-based practitioners.
Robert Sterling Clark's Approach to (and Tools for) Evaluation
For the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, evaluation is a key ingredient in being a good partner to grantees. RSCF uses three evaluation tools to assess their grantmaking impact while also providing opportunities for the Foundation to self-reflect.
How To Do A Trust-Based Grantee Meeting
This funder-specific tool offers a checklist of trust-based considerations before, during, and after grantee check-in meetings.
Strategies for Narrowing the Power Gap in Philanthropy
In this Action Planner, PEAK Grantmaking provides recommendations, along with key questions and resources, to help you recognize and narrow the power gap in your grantmaking practices.
Power Moves Toolkit
NCRP’s Power Moves asks foundations to consider if they’re leveraging the full power of their foundations for equity and justice, and offers insights on how to get there.
Great Funder–Nonprofit Relationships Toolkit
This toolkit from Exponent Philanthropy is designed to help funders recognize the aspects of great relationships with their grantees, assess competencies, and consider ways to improve how to be in partnership.
Relationships Matter: Program Officers, Grantees, and the Keys to Success
Research from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) sheds light on what constitutes a strong funder–grantee relationship, what nonprofits say it takes for funders to foster such relationships, and the crucial role that program officers play in the equation.