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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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Non-Monetary Assistance

Grantees were asked to indicate whether they had received any of the following sixteen types of assistance provided directly or paid for by MacArthur.

Management Assistance Field-Related Assistance Other Assistance
General management advice Encouraged/facilitated collaboration Board development/governance assistance
Strategic planning advice Insight and advice on your field Information technology assistance
Financial planning/accounting Introductions to leaders in field Communications/marketing/publicity assistance
Development of performance measures Provided research or best practices Use of MacArthur facilities
  Provided seminars/forums/convenings Staff/management training
    Fundraising support
    Diversity, equity, and inclusion assistance

Based on their responses, CEP categorized grantees by the pattern of assistance they received. CEP’s analysis shows that providing three or fewer assistance activities is often ineffective; it is only when grantees receive one of the two intensive patterns of assistance described below that  they have a substantially more positive experience compared to grantees receiving no assistance.

Proportion of grantees that received field-focused or comprehensive assistance

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The following question was recently added to the grantee survey and depict comparative data from 56 funders in the dataset.

If you have ever requested support from MacArthur Foundation to help strengthen your organization, how did you determine what specific support to ask for?
If you have ever requested support from MacArthur Foundation to help strengthen your organization, how did you determine what specific support to ask for? - By Foundation Strategy and Programs
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