The Effective Exit: Managing the End
of a Funding Relationship GrantCraft, 2007 This guide explains how grantmakers
can plan for the inevitable end of a funding relationship, and
manage an effective exit that can add value to a project and leave
a grantee in a strong position.
Lessons From the Field: Improving the
Grantee Experience at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation Center for Effective Philanthropy, 2008
This publication describes how leaders at the Packard Foundation
identified and translated the elements of quality interactions and
clear communications with grantees into specific criteria. The
case study explores how the foundation developed and implemented
these criteria, called Grantee Experience Standards, as a way to
strengthen its relationships with its grantees.
The Seven Principles of Firmly
Centered Grantmakers Council on Foundations, 2001 This classic article offers seven principles
on how grantmakers can remain centered and be respectful partners
with grantees.
Tips for Effective Grantee Relations Council on Foundations A checklist to help grantmakers develop a
win-win relationship with grantees, written by a trustee for a
family foundation.
