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Inclusive collaboration and listening deeply to diverse perspectives are at the heart of our approach to working with grantees. As part of fulfilling our commitment to listening and learning, we periodically ask grantees to share their experiences working with us through the Grantee Perception Survey administered by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP). CEP aggregates … Continued
Meredith Blair Pearlman
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As a learning organization in an ever-changing world, regular feedback from our grantee partners is essential to improving the way we work. That is why every two years since 2004, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation asks grantees to reflect on our performance through a confidential survey conducted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), … Continued
Meredith Blair Pearlman
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As part of the Packard Foundation’s ongoing efforts to improve our work, the Foundation has solicited anonymous feedback from grantee partners since 1996. After feedback indicated we needed to improve interactions between grantees and Foundation staff, the Foundation created our first Grantee Experience Standards (GES) in 2007. These original four standards were transactional in nature, … Continued
Carol S. Larson
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In an effort to improve our effectiveness and partnership with grantees, in May 2018 we asked our grantees for feedback on the Foundation and our grantmaking processes so we can improve the way we work and together have the greatest possible impact. This confidential survey, conducted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), collects feedback … Continued
