Foundations Moving On Ending Programmes and Funding Relationships

Whether you are part of a family foundation that runs its own programmes, a big corporate grantmaker, a small venture philanthropist, an NGO that re-grants resources from a back-donor, or a mix of any of the above, exits are inevitable. Funders move on, and relationships with grantees, partners, or investees change along the way. Exit decisions and strategies are complicated; while a diversity of experiences has not (yet) produced blueprints for smart exits, we’ve pulled our favourite practices.

Highlights

• Nine helpful techniques
• ​Practice example: Timelines and core funding
• Practice example: How operational foundations end programmes
• Handing over a brand
• Finding opportunity in crisis
• Learning from spend-out foundations
• Four thought-provoking cartoons
• An annotated bibliography on Exits, Transitions, and Moving On

What's in the Guide?

• Natural life cycles
• Entering to exit
• Deciding to leave
• Being supportive
• Managing transformation
• Communication: An essential ingredient
• After the exit
• Nine helpful practices - a summary of the ingredients for a good exit

​This guide was a product of GrantCraft's partnership with the European Foundation Centre in Brussels.