Foundations Moving On Ending Programmes and Funding Relationships
Whether you are part of a family foundation that runs its own programmes, a big corporate grantmaker, a small venture philanthropist, an NGO that re-grants resources from a back-donor, or a mix of any of the above, exits are inevitable. Funders move on, and relationships with grantees, partners, or investees change along the way. Exit decisions and strategies are complicated; while a diversity of experiences has not (yet) produced blueprints for smart exits, we’ve pulled our favourite practices.
Highlights
- Nine helpful techniques
- Practice example: Timelines and core funding
- Practice example: How operational foundations end programmes
- Handing over a brand
- Finding opportunity in crisis
- Learning from spend-out foundations
- Four thought-provoking cartoons
- An annotated bibliography on Exits, Transitions, and Moving On
What's in the Guide?
- Natural life cycles
- Entering to exit
- Deciding to leave
- Being supportive
- Managing transformation
- Communication: An essential ingredient
- After the exit
- Nine helpful practices - a summary of the ingredients for a good exit
This guide was a product of GrantCraft's partnership with the European Foundation Centre in Brussels.
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Whether you are part of a family foundation that runs its own programmes, a big corporate grantmaker, a small venture philanthropist, an NGO that re-grants resources from a back-donor, or a mix of any of the above, exits are inevitable. Funders move on, and relationships with grantees, partners, or investees change along the way. Exit decisions and strategies are complicated; while a diversity of experiences has not (yet) produced blueprints for smart exits, we’ve pulled our favourite practices.
Highlights
- Nine helpful techniques
- Practice example: Timelines and core funding
- Practice example: How operational foundations end programmes
- Handing over a brand
- Finding opportunity in crisis
- Learning from spend-out foundations
- Four thought-provoking cartoons
- An annotated bibliography on Exits, Transitions, and Moving On
What's in the Guide?
- Natural life cycles
- Entering to exit
- Deciding to leave
- Being supportive
- Managing transformation
- Communication: An essential ingredient
- After the exit
- Nine helpful practices - a summary of the ingredients for a good exit
This guide was a product of GrantCraft's partnership with the European Foundation Centre in Brussels.