2 • THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY
DECEMBER 2, 2010
Funders are
Listening
Nonprofits hear from their funders every day about what is going well and what
can be improved. But what about funders? How do they learn and improve?
Over the past four years,143 institutions have turned the
tables on assessment by getting candid, comparative
feedback from the nonprofits they fund through the Center
for Effective Philanthropy’s Grantee Perception Report®.
Over 52,000 grantees have provided their perspectives
through confidential surveys — and funders are changing
and improving as a result.
The Grantee Perception Report® is a management tool
that provides foundation CEOs, boards, and staff with
comparative data on grantee perceptions of their founda-
tion’s performance on a variety of dimensions. It is based
on a comprehensive survey of grantees covering issues
such as interactions during the grant, the application and
reporting processes, and perceived foundation impact.
Join the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, The Boston Foundation,
and other funders in the next round of surveys. Express
interest by December 21, 2010. For more information,
please visit www.effectivephilanthropy.org or call
617-492-0800.
The Center for Effective Philanthropy is a nonprofit organization that provides data and creates insight so philanthropic funders can better define, assess, and improve
their effectiveness and impact.
The Center for Effective Philanthropy thanks these organizations for their commitment to hearing
from those they fund and their grantees for the time and thought they have put into their responses.
Funders Using the Grantee Perception Report® since 2007:
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Arcus Foundation
Arts Council Silicon Valley
The Assisi Foundation of Memphis
The Atlantic Philanthropies
Barr Foundation
Beldon Fund
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Blandin Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
Blue Shield of California Foundation
The Boston Foundation
The Brainerd Foundation
The Brinson Foundation
California Community Foundation
California HealthCare Foundation
Caring for Colorado Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Central Indiana Community Foundation
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust
The Christensen Fund
The Cleveland Foundation
The Clowes Fund
The Colorado Health Foundation
The Colorado Trust
Connecticut Health Foundation
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County
Danville Regional Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Dekko Foundation
Democracy Alliance
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
The Duke Endowment
The Educational Foundation of America
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
Endowment for Health
Energy Foundation
The Erie Community Foundation
The Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
First 5 Alameda County – Every Child Counts
Ford Foundation
Friends Provident Foundation
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
General Mills Foundation
The George Gund Foundation
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Gill Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Grand Rapids Community Foundation
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Harold K.L. Castle Foundation
Harvest Foundation
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
The Heinz Endowments
Helen Andrus Benedict Foundation
Henry H. Kessler Foundation
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey
Houston Endowment
The Hyams Foundation
The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
The Jim Joseph Foundation
The John A. Hartford Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland
Charitable Foundation
The John R. Oishei Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation
Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Kansas Health Foundation
The Kendeda Fund
The Kresge Foundation
Levi Strauss Foundation
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Longwood Foundation
Lumina Foundation for Education
Maine Community Foundation
Maine Health Access Foundation
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
The McKnight Foundation
Metro West Community Health Care Foundation
The Minneapolis Foundation
Missouri Foundation for Health
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Ms. Foundation for Women
Nellie Mae Education Foundation
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
New Profit
New York State Health Foundation
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
Northern Rock Foundation
Northwest Area Foundation
Northwest Health Foundation
One Foundation
Ontario Trillium Foundation
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
The Pears Foundation
The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation
The Pittsburgh Foundation
PSEG Foundation
Quantum Foundation
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities
The Raymond John Wean Foundation
Resource Legacy Fund
The Rhode Island Foundation
Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Rockefeller Foundation
Saint Luke’s Foundation
The Saint Paul Foundation
SC Ministry Foundation
Sea Change Foundation
The Skillman Foundation
Stuart Foundation
Surdna Foundation
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation
United Way of Massachusetts Bay
Vancouver Foundation
The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Wachovia Regional Foundation
The Wallace Foundation
Walter and Elise Haas Fund
Wilburforce Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
William Casper Graustein Memorial Fund
William Penn Foundation
Williamsburg Community Health Foundation
Yad Hanadiv Foundation
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
The Zeist Foundation
ZeroDivide
Better Data. Better Decisions. Better Philanthropy.
www.effectivephilanthropy.org
