Supporting Grantees Without Burdening Them

In short: Funders can learn from grantees without exhausting them, and the line between support and monitoring is a design choice the funder makes.

Funders want to learn from grantees without burdening them. These pages cover supporting grantee capacity, avoiding extractive data asks, and sponsored learning that helps.

4 Questions About Supporting Grantees Without Burdening Them

How do I ask grantees for data without overwhelming them?

To ask grantees for data without overwhelming them, start with what your organization needs to learn and what it will do with the answer, use the information…

What's the difference between grantee support and compliance monitoring?

The difference between grantee support and compliance monitoring lies in whose needs the work is designed to serve.

What kind of capacity-building do grantees actually want?

The capacity-building grantees want is often help with a problem they're facing now, in their own programs, offered in a form their staff can fit into a…

Should we sponsor evaluation help for our grantees?

Sponsoring evaluation help for your grantees is worth considering when several of them share a need, such as being asked to show results without the staff or…

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