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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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Customized Questions

(Only asked of the 72% of grantees who received restricted support.)

The following questions ask about the extent to which your grant covered the actual costs of the associated program/project and were only asked of the 72% of grantees that received restricted support.

  • Direct costs are the costs to execute the project itself.
  • Indirect costs are the organizational costs associated with executing the project but not directly used in the project (e.g., a proportional share of rent, a proportional share of finance staff salary).
  • Indirect cost rate is a percentage applied to direct costs in budgeting to estimate indirect costs.
  • If your program is supported by multiple funders, think about the proportion of costs that this grant represents within the total funding received from all funders. 
How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements about how indirect and direct costs were set?
  • 1 = Strongly disagree
  • 4 = Neither agree nor disagree
  • 7 = Strongly agree
How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements about how indirect and direct costs were set? - By Foundation Strategy and Programs
  • 1 = Strongly disagree
  • 4 = Neither agree nor disagree
  • 7 = Strongly agree
To what extent was MacArthur Foundation's application process:
  • 1 = Not at all
  • 7 = To a great extent
To what extent was MacArthur Foundation's application process: - By Foundation Strategy and Programs
  • 1 = Not at all
  • 7 = To a great extent
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