Palo Alto, CA
31 Survey Respondents
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Lead person is smart, engaged, kind and insightful. Generous with her time and ideas....
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St Paul, MN
30 Survey Respondents
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Hard to understand what they want to fund, while they say something new, not sure how they define new and initiative....
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Wilmington, DE
27 Survey Respondents
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The Kendeda Fund is an exemplary funder. Accessible, flexible and generous. We had a great field tour with several Kendeda Fund members, and this hel...
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Saint Paul, MN
26 Survey Respondents
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It is a bit of a formidable grant application but I think that's reasonable given the size of the grants. Although everything is online (applicati...
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Washington, DC
23 Survey Respondents
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Make sure the roadblock is truly external and could not have been foreseen, and that there is a clear pathway to impact should this be overcome....
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Los Angeles, CA
23 Survey Respondents
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It is easy to get a meeting however, they are very specific about what they are funding. Their properties on their website did not match what they are...
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Las Vegas, NV
22 Survey Respondents
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We have tried for months to get answers from Colocation on where the grant application is located. We have called(spoke to the same individual each ti...
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Minneapolis, MN
22 Survey Respondents
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It is important to have a relationship with you local community representative and have Board representation. Relationships go a long way, but always...
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GrantAdvisor crowdsources grantmaker information for nonprofits seeking funding from U.S. sources. Designed to encourage more productive philanthropy and facilitate open dialogue, GrantAdvisor allows anyone in the nonprofit community to anonymously share their first-hand experiences working with funders through authentic, real-time reviews and comments.
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GrantAdvisor launched in June of 2017, and we are targeting California and Minnesota for marketing, but we encourage everyone to write reviews, regardless of location. We’re hoping to expand to new partners and regions in 2018.
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