# Call for grantmakers to solicit more feedback from recipients

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/06/29/call-grantmakers-solicit-more-feedback-recipients/
- Published: 2005-06-29T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Writing in the US Council of Foundations’ newsletter, Kathleen P. Enright calls 
on grantmaking foundations to break out of their silos and actively seek feedback
from the organisations whom they fund.
Ms Enright, executive director of Grantmakers
for Effective Organisations in Washington, DC, reports that, according to a recent
study by the Urban Institute, “most foundations don’t regularly solicit any grantee
feedback – whether anonymous or open.”

As a result “foundations often fail to gather feedback to verify that their support
is on target.” It is not simply the fault of the foundations: “given the power differential,
grantees rarely feel comfortable being candid.”

She does see some signs of progress and makes a number of recommendations on best
practice.

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