IME It’s much more common for grantees to not want to be associated with funders than the other way around[1]; back when I was doing more grantmaking (I haven’t done it much the last year or so), I tried pushing back against this, with mixed success.
Typically if funders don’t like optics considerations regarding a grantee they’re much more likely to just not fund something. Tbc I also think this is usually bad.
IME It’s much more common for grantees to not want to be associated with funders than the other way around[1]; back when I was doing more grantmaking (I haven’t done it much the last year or so), I tried pushing back against this, with mixed success.
Typically if funders don’t like optics considerations regarding a grantee they’re much more likely to just not fund something. Tbc I also think this is usually bad.
Thanks, this was very helpful insight from this side of the grant-making barrier!