Support for Grantmaking Redesign

Partner with the foundation to redesign grantmaking processes, practices, and relationships for greater equity and effectiveness.

About This Consultation

A partnership engagement for foundations ready to redesign how they fund. This engagement goes beyond adjusting individual practices and addresses the grantmaking system as a whole: application processes, reporting requirements, communication practices, decision-making structures, and the relational dynamics between the foundation and its grantees. Drawing from systems thinking, power analysis, and the Conditions for Impact framework, this engagement helps foundations align their processes with their values.

This typically includes:

• Assessment of the foundation's current grantmaking processes from both funder and grantee perspectives
• Grantee interviews to understand how the foundation's practices are experienced
• Co-design of revised grantmaking processes with foundation staff
• Power analysis of the foundation's relationship with its grantee portfolio
• A phased implementation plan with accountability structures

Designed for: Foundations committed to substantive change in how they fund. This engagement requires willingness to hear from grantees and act on what they share.