Comments on: Raising the Bar: Examining the Increased Value in Foundation Grantee Partnerships, Part II: Transparency http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/raising-the-bar-examining-the-increased-value-in-foundation-grantee-partnerships-part-ii-transparency/ Connect. Educate. Innovate. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:13:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chip edelsberg http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/raising-the-bar-examining-the-increased-value-in-foundation-grantee-partnerships-part-ii-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-31498 chip edelsberg Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:48:33 +0000 http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/?p=2319#comment-31498 This is an obviously important matter that is being presented here in a helpful,straightforward fashion. I would hope that funders and 501c3s alike find the information to be helpful. I do believe that "genuine trust" develops from much more than what the consultants you quote claim is achieved via "oversight and transparency." With such an imbalance in power (funders control precious resources that grant seekers need), fostering genuine trust entails does not emerge, I would argue, from just disclosure (transparency) and monitoring (oversight). Perhaps your future column will delve more into the evolving nature of grantor-grantee relationships and account in a deeper way for what (convenantal and contractual) funder-grantee agreements mean to the field--beyond transparency and oversight. This is an obviously important matter that is being presented here in a helpful,straightforward fashion. I would hope that funders and 501c3s alike find the information to be helpful.

I do believe that “genuine trust” develops from much more than what the consultants you quote claim is achieved via “oversight and transparency.” With such an imbalance in power (funders control precious resources that grant seekers need), fostering genuine trust entails does not emerge, I would argue, from just disclosure (transparency) and monitoring (oversight).

Perhaps your future column will delve more into the evolving nature of grantor-grantee relationships and account in a deeper way for what (convenantal and contractual) funder-grantee agreements mean to the field–beyond transparency and oversight.

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