2015年受助人看法报告

In 2015 the Foundation surveyed grantees to better gauge our overall impact as a philanthropic organization. The survey was conducted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) and was intended to help answer: 

• How much impact do grantees believe the Foundation is having in the fields and communities in which we work? 我们怎样才能拥有更多?
• How do grantees experience their relationship with the Foundation and what suggestions do they have for improvement?
• What do grantees find most helpful and most frustrating about the Foundation’s application and reporting process?
• 我们是否有效地传达基金会的目标和策略? 

CEP产生了 2015年受助人看法报告 that compares our results to a large dataset of more than 250 funders to help us judge our performance relative to other foundations and our overall performance as a philanthropic organization.

调查结果概述

有一些积极的成果可以分享，包括:

• The Foundation rated higher than 70 percent of funders in CEP’s dataset for its impact on grantees’ fields.
• The Foundation rated in the top 20 percent of funders for its impact on grantees’ organizations.
• When asked to describe the Foundation in one word, grantees most commonly describe us as “supportive.”
• 整体, Foundation grantees receive a higher than typical monetary return on the hours they invest in the Foundation’s processes over the lifetime of their grant.
• Grantees provided ratings that are higher than typical for the extent to which the Foundation has affected public policy in their fields.
• Grantees voiced deep appreciation for their program officers and for Foundation processes in the comments section.  

结果还指出，作为一个基金会，我们可以做得更好，包括:

• 我们需要增加对我们工作的领域的了解. 受资助者认为基金会对其领域的理解低于一般水平.
• We rank low (bottom 25 percent) compared to other funders regarding our openness to grantees’ ideas about our strategy.
• The Foundation is rated lower than typical for its understanding of grantees’ local communities. Grantees who work in rural areas rate the Foundation significantly lower than those who characterize their work as statewide.
• The Foundation receives ratings in the bottom 10 percent of funders for its understanding of the social, 影响受助人工作的文化和社会经济因素.  

前进

我们使用各种工具来实现影响, 比如项目相关的投资, policy and advocacy and communications The Grantee Perception Report provides important insight into how we are doing as a foundation. 在某些方面, we consider it a grade on a larger report card of our progress toward our mission of improving the health and health care of all Coloradans. 伴随着报告, we gather information about our overall impact via ad hoc surveys and third-party evaluation efforts. 总之，所有这些工具帮助我们了解我们的影响，以及我们可以做得更好. 我们致力于改善目前的结果，并与您分享“如何”.  

Following are recommendations that CEP provided us, along with specific actions we intend to take:

• 寻求受让人参与的机会 that drive and demonstrate a deeper understanding of their fields and incorporate grantees’ ideas and concerns into future grantmaking strategies and approaches.
• Learn from and with our grantees to build our understanding of the fields in which they work.
  • We are committed to finding the most useful practices for seeking input and sharing our learnings and reflections.
• Consider where the Foundation can build a stronger understanding of grantees’ local communities and contexts特别是对那些在农村地区工作的人.
  • 我们已经确定社区参与是一个关键的优先事项.
• 确保员工有机会与受助人接触 增进对受助人目标的共同理解, 战略和他们的组织面临的挑战.
• Facilitate regular staff conversations about barriers that hinder and how to facilitate stronger relationships with grantees以及如何应对这些挑战. 项目工作人员已经开始进行这样的对话，我们计划继续进行下去.
• Review and refine our process for increased continuity and robust knowledge transfer during moments of staff transition.
  • 基于2010年受助人感知报告的反馈, we developed a process for transitioning grants between program staff and will revisit that process to ensure we are effectively transitioning relationships.
• Strive to communicate clearly with understandable and timely messages to grantees about organizational changes.
  • 我们知道我们总是可以改进我们沟通的方式和内容, and are currently revamping some of our communications tools in order to provide the most transparency possible.
• 与受助人讨论报告/评估.
  • We are committed to timely review of reports and communicating with grantees about the reports they submit.
• Consider how to mitigate pressure to modify programs or projects in order to receive funding through current opportunities.
  • We launched a Special Projects Program designed to support the diverse needs and opportunities across Colorado’s communities that drive health. It was also a way for the Foundation to identify new partners and help us understand how to support solutions over time.

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