Monday, November 14, 2011

Metrics Can Be a Grant Writer’s Nightmare | Fundraising Non-Profit Fund-raising Resource – Tony Poderis

Metrics Can Be a Grant Writer’s Nightmare | Fundraising Non-Profit Fund-raising Resource – Tony Poderis: I don’t think there could be three more dismaying demands. Using any of these too common absolutist metrics to evaluate a grant seeker’s performance is more than formidable. Depending on how the fill-in-the-blank numbers are determined, it can be flat out damning.

Such demands, more often than not, lack a footing in reality. They are unlikely to show even a rudimentary understanding of which grant-making organizations are awarding grants to what initiatives, projects, and organizations.

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