Make It Your Own Awards: Tell Us What You Think

1. What do you think of the Make It Your Own approach (recognizing people who connect with others, choose what matters, form solutions, and take action that lays the groundwork for long-term social change)?

What do you think of the Make It Your Own approach (recognizing people who connect with others, choose what matters, form solutions, and take action that lays the groundwork for long-term social change)? This is right on.

What were you guys thinking? This would never work in my community.

I'm not sure, but I'm intrigued and I'm going to apply.

I still don't really get it.

2. What would it take for you to feel like you could make a difference in your community?

What would it take for you to feel like you could make a difference in your community? Input on issues that matter to me and a chance to offer new solutions

A forum to meet with other people who share my values/priorities

Funding to support and implement my ideas for improving my community

Opportunities to speak with elected officials and other policy makers

Opportunities to use technology to identify issues and take action

Other (please specify)

3. The Make It Your Own Awards applies the "citizen-centered" approach to the grant-making process, giving a diverse group of people the opportunity to assist in the development of guidelines, serve as reviewers, and vote on grant recipients.

Given the large amount of resources private foundations and corporations invest in addressing social issues, do you feel people should have a say in how some of that money is used?

The Make It Your Own Awards applies the "citizen-centered" approach to the grant-making process, giving a diverse group of people the opportunity to assist in the development of guidelines, serve as reviewers, and vote on grant recipients. Given the large amount of resources private foundations and corporations invest in addressing social issues, do you feel people should have a say in how some of that money is used? Yes, people should have a voice

No, these are complex issues, let the experts decide

Don't know

4. Which element of the Case Foundation's "citizen-centered" grantmaking process is most interesting to you?

Which element of the Case Foundation's "citizen-centered" grantmaking process is most interesting to you? Giving citizens the opportunity to assist in grant guidelines development

Involving a diverse group of citizens as proposal reviewers

Inviting citizens to vote on grant award recipients

5. What else could foundations do to better involve the public in the grant making process?

What else could foundations do to better involve the public in the grant making process?

6. Finally, is there anything else you'd like to share? Anything we haven't asked about that you'd like to add?

Finally, is there anything else you'd like to share? Anything we haven't asked about that you'd like to add?

1. Thanks for your time!

1. What do you think of the Make It Your Own approach (recognizing people who connect with others, choose what matters, form solutions, and take action that lays the groundwork for long-term social change)?

2. What would it take for you to feel like you could make a difference in your community?

4. Which element of the Case Foundation's "citizen-centered" grantmaking process is most interesting to you?

5. What else could foundations do to better involve the public in the grant making process?

6. Finally, is there anything else you'd like to share? Anything we haven't asked about that you'd like to add?