Comments on: Behind the Scenes at a Grantmaking Foundation http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/253/behind-the-scenes-at-a-grantmaking-foundation/ Nonprofit Fundraising and Grantwriting for the One-Person Shop Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:17:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pamela Grow http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/253/behind-the-scenes-at-a-grantmaking-foundation/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Pamela Grow Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:51:55 +0000 http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/?p=253#comment-492 I like to think that foundations are changing ... albeit slowly. I'm seeing a trend towards more general operating support definitely. Now, if only all grantmaking foundations could be as grant-seeker friendly as <a href="http://thehf.org/" rel="nofollow">The Harnish Foundation</a>! I like to think that foundations are changing … albeit slowly. I’m seeing a trend towards more general operating support definitely. Now, if only all grantmaking foundations could be as grant-seeker friendly as The Harnish Foundation!

]]> By: Derek http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/253/behind-the-scenes-at-a-grantmaking-foundation/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Derek Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:44:33 +0000 http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/?p=253#comment-491 Thank you for sharing this post. Your experience lends a real sense of credibility to the subject that is hard to find on the web these days. I find some foundations are so secretive that they absolutely refuse to talk to you about a proposal that was denied. I don't understand why when they could help people better tailor their requests and perhaps avoid receiving lots of irrelevant proposals. Thank you for sharing this post. Your experience lends a real sense of credibility to the subject that is hard to find on the web these days. I find some foundations are so secretive that they absolutely refuse to talk to you about a proposal that was denied. I don’t understand why when they could help people better tailor their requests and perhaps avoid receiving lots of irrelevant proposals.

]]> By: Karen http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/253/behind-the-scenes-at-a-grantmaking-foundation/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Karen Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:35:09 +0000 http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/?p=253#comment-90 This is a really interesting and helpful insight Pamela. As you know Pledging for Change will be giving grants next year and I am hoping that we can be as fair as possible. In saying that our community serves to help our members so we plan to make grants available for them for using another members services. Does that make sense? For an example:Let's assume a member charity is looking for full CSR implementation. Pledging for Change will give 100% for the member charity to use one of our member CSR professional services. I'm not sure if any of our grant applications would be in the tens of thousands at this stage. If we reach this stage then I would be seeking lots more support to make it it as fair as possible. I feel it will be a challenge for everybody to get it all up and running.And I'm sure a day will come when someone feels let down for not recieving a grant for thier immediate needs.But this will just make us all work harder to increase the funding source. This is a really interesting and helpful insight Pamela.

As you know Pledging for Change will be giving grants next year and I am hoping that we can be as fair as possible. In saying that our community serves to help our members so we plan to make grants available for them for using another members services.
Does that make sense?
For an example:Let’s assume a member charity is looking for full CSR implementation. Pledging for Change will give 100% for the member charity to use one of our member CSR professional services.

I’m not sure if any of our grant applications would be in the tens of thousands at this stage. If we reach this stage then I would be seeking lots more support to make it it as fair as possible.

I feel it will be a challenge for everybody to get it all up and running.And I’m sure a day will come when someone feels let down for not recieving a grant for thier immediate needs.But this will just make us all work harder to increase the funding source.

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