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Building a Transparency Mindset into Grant Strategies Presented by: Sara Beggs What characterizes your most productive working relationships? AND How did you get there? By noon today Defined transparency and its benefits Explored

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Presented by: Sara Beggs

Building a Transparency Mindset into Grant Strategies

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What characterizes your

most productive working relationships? AND How did you get there?

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By noon today…

 Defined transparency and its benefits  Explored the challenges  Tried on specific strategies to build

greater transparency

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Transparency:

 free from pretense or deceit; frank  easily detected or seen through; obvious  readily understood  characterized by visibility or accessibility of information especially

concerning business practices

Mindset:

 established set of attitudes held by someone

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Center for Effective Philanthropy study states:

86% of foundation CEOs believe transparency

is necessary for building strong relationships with grantees

91% of nonprofit CEOs said that foundations

that are more transparent are more helpful to their organization’s ability to work effectively.

90% + of nonprofit CEOs also said they find it

easier to have a good relationship with foundations that are more transparent.

*Sharing What Matters: Foundation Transparency

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2 keys to strong funder-grantee relationships

(86 foundations/ 20,000 grantees)

 Foundation developing an understanding

f grantee organizations and the context

in which they work

 Being transparent, which is about

clarity, openness and honesty.

Center for Effective Philanthropy study of 86 foundations and almost 20,000 grantees

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What areas matter?

Foundation CEOs Nonprofit CEOs

Sharing grantmaking information 51% 68% Being clear, open, and/or honest 43% 44% Sharing financial information 38% 4%

Sharing What Matters, Center for Effective Philanthropy

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Pair up & Discuss!

 In what environment have you seen

grantees be transparent?

 What makes it hard as a funder to be

transparent?

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The good news…

Program staff were the key to transparency…

even more than the foundation

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What you bring to the table…

Personality Emotional wellbeing Motives Experience

How you show up

Foundation Priorities

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Clarity on the following is critical…

Your need Your process & motivations Your strategy That challenges don’t = loss of

funding

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Clarity on our need…

“I simply cannot do my work without the

grantees, so I try to make that as apparent through my actions as possible.”

Jamie Allison, S. H. Cowell Foundation

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What is one thing you’re going to focus

n in order to increase

your transparency?

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Questions?

Sara Beggs Sara@IntentionalPhilanthropy.com 317-973-5746