“Funders have got to acknowledge and own the role they play in burnout and exhaustion. It’s harmful and it’s not necessary. We are extractive, and we have to stop…at the McGregor Fund, we take it as our personal responsibility…to say to our colleagues…trust your grantee partners!”
“Give people general operating (grants), do it multiple years, make the report a conversation. It doesn’t have to be a bunch of data. Stop telling your grantees how to measure their success.”
“You don’t have the answers. Trust the people who do, get out of their way and support their success. That is what is going to lead to the kind of success and peace and justice that we’re all here for.” – Heidi Alcock, McGregor Fund Director of Grant Development & Communications
Hear more from Heidi, as well as grantee partner leaders and McGregor Fund Miller Fellows Kim Johnson of Developing K.I.D.S. (Kingdoms In Different Stages) and Shamyle Dobbs of Michigan Community Resources in their thoughtful conversation on Wellness, Rest and Liberation for Nonprofits on the Natural Collisions podcast moderated by Charnae Sanders of Co.act Detroit.
