Hoi, It resonates powerfully. I had a grant for a very specific deliverable. The money was earmarked for this and in stead of payment of delivery, I had to jump through all kinds of hoops.

It may be that all the effort to give money to do things is well intentioned however, have we ever looked in the effectiveness, did we ever consider the cost of the effort of the financial reporting. What we pay for is executing a project and we require a financial report. It is demotivating. Thanks, GerardM

On 18 July 2016 at 09:50, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:

This essay just landed in my inbox. It's good food for thought about how we (WMF and affiliates) manage our grant allocations, our relationships with major donors, and our reporting systems.

http://nonprofitwithballs.com/2016/07/we-need-to-stop-treating-nonprofits-th...

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