May 2, 2010
Report Cites Grant-Making Officers Who Forge Strong Relationships With Grantees
Michael McDermott, for The Chronicle
Chris Kabel, a program officer at the Northwest Health Foundation, holds forums for charities to “demystify” the grant-seeking process.
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Michael McDermott, for The Chronicle
Chris Kabel, a program officer at the Northwest Health Foundation, holds forums for charities to “demystify” the grant-seeking process.
Foundations publicly portray their work with grant recipients as one of mutual respect and partnership. But behind the scenes, the relationships are often less wine and roses and more Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Even common courtesies like returning phone calls go ignored, and grant seekers are sometimes left feeling like beggars expected to be grateful for even crumbs of attention.
“You can’t get any information, you can’t have any dialogue, you
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