Final_External_Hewlett Regranters Study_revised_formatted_12.20.20

Jennifer Henderson-Frakes September 2020 Acknowledgements Many thanks go to the intermediaries, grantees, and field observers who generously contributed their time and insights, and to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Environment and Effective Philanthropy staff for ongoing partnership and support of this study. [...] Prime examples include the following: • Sharing knowledge base and know-how “Opening doors and making • Demonstrating campaign and project connections for re-grantees is a tactics most direct and effective way to • Opening doors and making connections build the field because it builds • Handing over relationships a new set of skills and • Strengthening grantee position to relationships that NGOs m. [...] Hewlett’s emphasis on includes re-granters that may not have a long- that has had an impact on the standing DEI orientation or intentionality but are community as a whole, and that aligned with shifts in the field and funder is evident.” –Grantee reinforcement about the importance of diverse coalitions as a matter of principle and practicality. [...] For example, measuring progress in network development could mean using social network analysis (SNA) to assess the number and nature of connections with and among groups currently on the PAGE 12 INTERMEDIARY APPROACHES IN WESTERN CONSERVATION periphery of the field, and how these groups’ network positions and partnerships evolve over time. [...] xxiii See for example the evaluation of the Community Leadership Project, a multi-year, $20 million collaborative effort of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the James Irvine Foundation to build the capacity of organizations serving low-income communities of color in California.