The Key to Supporting Your Grant Partners

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Exploring how communication, engagement, results and a focus on impact

helps grant partners succeed.

Wendy Watson-Hallowell Executive Director, Results Consulting,

The Rensselaerville Institute

Burt Cummings CEO, Versaic

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According to a recent report* by the Center for Effective Philanthropy…

97%

*Source: The Center for Effective Philanthropy, Assessing to Achieve High Performance: What Nonprofits Are Doing and How Foundations Can Help (2015).

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of nonprofit leaders are required to report data

on their organization’s performance.

64% of nonprofits feel they don’t receive

enough support from their funders.

So how can grant partners more effectively support each other and increase impact?

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“It’s a true partnership, enabled by the right supporting system. It’s an investment in not only

managing your programs more effectively, but also an investment in your grant partners’

potential and your overall impact.”

Engage, Support, Partner

Burt Cummings CEO, Versaic

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Burt Cummings CEO, Versaic

The Right System “We’ve heard from many of our clients,

Starwood included, that the Versaic system not only helps them better manage their programs,

but it also helps them more effectively engage with their grantee partners.”

• Ask the right questions! Collect all the data you need in a single system.

•  If it’s in one place, data can easily be tracked, managed and reported on.

• Use data trends to analyze and improve overall impact.

• Prove your value with results and outcomes.

The Power of Data

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Don’t use results in a punitive way! “If a partner doesn’t achieve a projected

result, take the time to understand why – what happened, what could we do differently,

how can we learn from this for next time? Their results are your results, so it’s in your

interest to help them succeed.”

Shift Your Mindset

Wendy Watson-Hallowell Executive Director, Results Consulting,

The Rensselaerville Institute

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What specific changes in behavior or condition do you want to see?

Who specifically do you want to serve?

How will these results fit in with your

overall impact (your goals)?

Clarify Your Results

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“Your dollars will go further if you can support one organization working with multiple

nonprofits with similar focus areas… you increase the opportunity for impact.”

Support an Affinity Group

Wendy Watson-Hallowell Executive Director, Results Consulting,

The Rensselaerville Institute

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“Being able to support your nonprofit partners in building their capacity means they can

strategically look at their programs, the results they are achieving and the

transition to becoming impact-focused.”

Provide Capacity-Building $$$

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Wendy Watson-Hallowell Executive Director, Results Consulting,

The Rensselaerville Institute

To learn more about an effective grant partnership, read the blogs:

How Can You Better Support Your Grant Partners? By Burt Cummings, CEO, Versaic

Support Your Grant Partners by Focusing on Impact

By Wendy Watson-Hallowell, Executive Director, Results Consulting, The Rensselaerville Institute

For more information, please call 650-212-7424 or visit

www.versaic.com

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