Review of Staying the Course

The overarching theme of this book is that grantmaking decisions--who to fund, which geography to focus on, with which funders to partner, and even who to hire--all need to be made based on strong relationships, built over time, both between the program officer and the grantee and between the grantee and the community which they serve. With the age of technology bringing fewer in-person interactions and more emphasis on quantitative evaluation measures, Delaney was left wondering whether this grantmaking style is something program officers can continue to do.