In Search of Impact: Practices and Perceptions in Foundations’ Provision of Program and Operating Grants to Nonprofits
Source: Center for Effective Philanthropy
Date: 2006
Abstract:
In Search of Impact informs the debate on operating support with new data about current foundation practices, attitudes underlying those practices, and the impact on grantees of foundation choices. The report explores what motivates foundation CEOs in their decision-making, examining the tension between CEOs' sense of what is best for their foundations and what they believe will make the most positive impact on grantee organizations. In Search of Impact also probes the grantee perspective through an analysis of thousands of survey responses and a set of interviews with nonprofit leaders, revealing the importance of other grant attributes that have been overshadowed in the debate about type of support.
Keyword: Evaluation Strategy
Region: Northern America