Embedding Equity by Incorporating Grantee Voices (PEAK Northern Plains)

Join PEAK Northern Plains for a session featuring Sarah Small, Manager, Program Operations at Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies (MACP), and Leyla Razeghi-Hutchison, Strategy and Design Delivery Lead at Grantbook, who will share how their partnership advanced the grantee experience in renewal applications. By introducing a pilot program to test process improvements and subsequently engaging in structured learning sessions, they examined the impact of these changes from both the grantee's and staff's perspectives.

Including Grantee Voice in Grantmaking Process Redesign.

Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies (MACP) will explore how, through working with vendor partner Grantbook, they improved the user experience for grantees for renewal applications, embracing experimentation by launching a pilot program for introducing changes and conducting learning sessions to understand the grantee and staff perspectives around the changes.

By attending this session, participants will deepen their knowledge in the following areas:

• Practical ways to engage in grantee feedback, starting by addressing the initial barriers and listening to their voices.
• Incorporating grantee voices to inform practice and process change, including tactics for fostering increased communication, stronger relationship-building, and clear values alignment.
• The themes and values that mattered to MACP grantees and how their preferences translate into grantmaking practices.
• How we conducted learning sessions with grantees and staff to understand the positive or negative impact of the changes.

Speakers

Sarah Small

Manager, Program Operations, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

Leyla Razeghi-Hutchison

Strategy and Design Delivery Lead, Grantbook

Date and Time

November 5, 2025

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CST