A Toolbox for Modern Grantmakers

less is more is a joint initiative of 30 colleagues from foundations in Germany and Switzerland. We work for small, medium-sized and large grantmakers that are active in a wide range of areas: from social issues to education, environmental protection and culture to development cooperation.

Although the foundations we work for are very different, we share a common learning experience: the fewer restrictions and conditions we impose on the organisations we fund, the more impact and the better results they achieve. Funding relationships based on trust have proven to be more flexible and productive.

In order to provide foundations with ideas on how they can strike a balance between trust and control in grant relationships, we have compiled hands-on advice and examples from our own foundation practice. We invite you to use this guide as a toolbox and pick out those approaches that suit you and your foundation.

less is more was published in German in September 2022.  For an international audience, we have produced a (mainly auto-translated) version.

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