Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose: Challenges and Opportunities in Grant Application and Reporting
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- Description
Are nonprofits drowning in paperwork and distracted from purpose as a result of grantmakers' application and reporting requirements? Do the same practices that grantmakers use to increase effectiveness end up over-burdening both grantmakers and grantseekers—and diminishing their effectiveness? This research report commissioned by Project Streamline addresses these questions by examining current application and reporting practices and their impact on grantmakers and grantseekers alike. In short, we found that the current system creates significant burdens on the time, energy and ultimate effectiveness of nonprofit practitioners.
- Published by
- Association of Fundraising Professionals
- Association of Small Foundations
- Council on Foundations
- Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers
- Foundation Center
- Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
- Grants Managers Network
- National Council of Nonprofit Associations
- Project Streamline
- Funded by
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- Frey Foundation
- Harold K. L. Castle Foundation
- Kansas Health Foundation
- Kresge Foundation
- McKnight Foundation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Saint Luke's Foundation
- Issue areas
- Nonprofits and Philanthropy
- Document type
- Report/Whitepaper
- Copyright
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
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- Title
- Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose: Challenges and Opportunities in Grant Application and Reporting
- Publication date
- 2008-04-01
- Publication year
- 2008
- Authors
- Jessica Bearman
- Copyright holder(s)
- Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, Foundation Center, Council on Foundations, Association of Small Foundations, Project Streamline, Grants Managers Network, Association of Fundraising Professionals, National Council of Nonprofit Associations, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
- Keywords
- grantees, nonprofits, funders, foundation, streamline
- Document type
- Report/Whitepaper
- URL
- https://candid.issuelab.org/resource/drowning-in-paperwork-distracted-from-purpose-challenges-and-opportunities-in-grant-application-and-reporting.html
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