1) Your funder is a...

really big organisation, with a whole team of people responsible for MEL/Impact measurement/Research

medium-sized organisation, with some people who have "Impact" in their job title

small organisation without dedicated MEL staff

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2) Where does your funder's money come from? ^*

Taxpayers' money from my country (a Ministry or public body, like a national lottery)

Taxpayers' money from another country (for example FCDO, GIZ, CFLI, AFD...)

Multilateral institutions (UN agencies, World Bank, EU...)

Wealthy person who is still alive and involved

Endowment - the wealth-maker has passed on

A company's profits

Donor-Advised Fund structure

Mixed - my funder is an intermediary giving sub-grants

Not sure

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3) What time horizon does your funder think in?

This is the time frame within which they expect you to report results

Immediate (show results in a few months)

Short-term (results in 1-2 years)

Medium term (3-5 years)

Long term (5-10 years, systemic changes)

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4) Your funder's relationship to you - Which of the following are true?

They treat us like equals despite the clear power difference

They acknowledge that they lack the expertise we have

They explicitly use "trust-based philanthropy" language

Their staff live in and their funding is focused on the geographical area we work in

They apologise when their requirements are burdensome

They ask how they can support us better, and mean it

They defined the project's objectives, we're just implementing their ideas

They don't seem to have time to read our reports/emails

They want to control closely how we'll spend the money

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5) Once a grant is awarded, how does your funder handle requests to change activities or budget lines?

Pretty much no flexibility

Changes are ok after a proper approval process

Adaptation is fine as long as we inform them

They expect and encourage adaptation

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6) Which statement best describes your funder's worldview?

"Help those less fortunate" (charity model)

"Redistribute power and resources" (social justice/equity focus)

"Empower people to lift themselves up" (self-reliance/bootstraps)

"Fund market-based solutions" (social enterprise, entrepreneurship)

"Serve as our faith instructs" (religious framework)

"Change systems, not symptoms" (root causes, structural change)

"Stay neutral, fund what works" (evidence-based, non-ideological)

Hard to categorise

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