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John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 2019 Grantee Perception Report - Full Report PDF

Report Contents

  • Key Ratings Summary
  • Survey Population
  • Comparative Cohorts
  • Grantmaking Characteristics
  • Impact on and Understanding of Grantees' Fields
    • Advancing Knowledge and Public Policy
  • Impact on and Understanding of Grantees' Local Communities
  • Impact on and Understanding of Grantees' Organizations
    • Grantee Challenges
  • Funder-Grantee Relationships
    • Quality of Interactions
    • Interaction Patterns
    • Contact Change and Site Visits
    • Communication
    • Communication Resources
    • Openness
    • Top Predictors of Relationships
  • Beneficiary and Contextual Understanding
  • Grant Processes
    • Selection Process
    • Time Between Submission and Clear Commitment
    • Reporting and Evaluation Process
    • Reporting Process
  • Dollar Return and Time Spent on Processes
    • Time Spent on Selection Process
    • Time Spent on Reporting and Evaluation Process
  • Non-Monetary Assistance
    • Management Assistance Activities
    • Field-Related Assistance Activities
    • Other Assistance Activities
  • Customized Questions
    • Strategy, Theory of Change, and Plans for Evaluation and Learning
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Grantees' Open-Ended Comments
    • Quality of Processes, Interactions and Communications
    • Grantees' Suggestions
    • Selected Comments
  • Contextual Data
    • Grantee Characteristics
    • Funder Characteristics
  • Additional Survey Information
  • About CEP and Contact Information
    • About the GPR
    • Contact Information
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Comparative Cohorts

Customized Cohort

MacArthur selected a set of 14 funders to create a smaller comparison group that more closely resembles MacArthur in scale and scope. 

Custom Cohort
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Ford Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
Open Society Foundations
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Standard Cohorts

CEP also included 16 standard cohorts to allow for comparisons to a variety of different types of funders.

 

Strategy Cohorts

Cohort Name Count Description
Small Grant Providers 35 Funders with median grant size of $20K or less
Large Grant Providers 82 Funders with median grant size of $200K or more
High Touch Funders 34 Funders for which a majority of grantees report having contact with their primary contact monthly or more often
Intensive Non-Monetary Assistance Providers 32 Funders that provide at least 30% of grantees with comprehensive or field-focused assistance as defined by CEP
Invitation-Only Grantmakers 71 Funders that make at least 90% of grants by invitation only
Responsive Grantmakers 88 Funders that make at most 10% of grants by invitation only
International Funders 48 Funders that fund outside of their own country
European Funders 25 Funders that are headquartered in Europe

Annual Giving Cohorts

Cohort Name Count Description
Funders Giving Less Than $5 Million 52 Funders with annual giving of less than $5 million
Funders Giving $50 Million or More 59 Funders with annual giving of $50 million or more

Foundation Type Cohorts

Cohort Name Count Description
Private Foundations 145 All private foundations in the GPR dataset
Family Foundations 69 All family foundations in the GPR dataset
Community Foundations 33 All community foundations in the GPR dataset
Health Conversion Foundations 29 All health conversation foundations in the GPR dataset
Corporate Foundations 17 All corporate foundations in the GPR dataset

Other Cohorts

Cohort Name Count Description
Funders Outside the United States 29 Funders that are primarily based outside the United States
Recently Established Foundations 67 Funders that were established in 2000 or later
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