Compared to grantees at the typical funder, Rogers grantees have more positive perceptions of their relationships with the Foundation.

On the sub-measures of funder-grantee relationships:

Grantees rate the Foundation higher than typical for:

• Fairness of treatment of grantees
• Their comfort approaching the Foundation when a problem arises
• Responsiveness of Foundation staff
• Clarity of the Foundation's communication of its goals and strategy
• Consistency of the Foundation's communication

Selected Grantee Comments:

• "All my interactions and conversations with the Foundation were helpful, respectful and collaborative."
   
• "As the CEO of the organization I find the communication with the foundation officers and staff timely, transparent and helpful. If there is every a question the staff do not hesitate to respond promptly and are helpful and communicative."
   
• "[A staff member] spent the time understanding our mission, processes and impact.... With the expansion of the Blended Learning projects, I have been in near constant contact with [the Foundation] and have coordinated our activities with that project's goals. This has been extremely effective."
   
• "I really appreciate the leadership that the foundation takes in supporting innovation in our field. I came to our program officer with a new kind of program idea, and was excited to find support for an innovative offering!"
   
• "Rogers Family Foundation is transparent with their communications, support and encouragement. Their process is informative and technical assistance is excellent.... We have appreciated the capacity building investment that the Foundation has and continues to make, as well as, the flexibility in investment from programming to capital funding."