Kari Aanestad: Equity, Honesty, and #FixTheForm

​​#FixTheForm is a grassroots international movement to identify and fix the worst elements of funding application forms that waste time and money. By surveying more than 500 grant seekers across 9 countries, #FixTheForm has gathered comprehensive data on the grant seeker experience.

The sixth episode of Impact Audio features Kari Aanestad, co-founder of #FixTheForm and associate director at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits. She shares insights that can help grantmakers across the philanthropic sector improve processes and make a real impact.

Listen to learn about:

• The top three pain points for grant applicants, by a landslide

• Grantadvisor.org and the origins of #FixTheForm

•Takeaways from the survey of more than 500 grant seekers (65% with at least 8 years

experience)

• The potential limits of demographic data collection

• Criticisms of (and future goals for) the movement

Drawn from a longer conversation about #FixTheForm, these excerpts include great suggestions for reducing grantee burden in the service of equity. We hope you enjoy listening.

For additional resources, visit our episode notes: https://www.submittable.com/impact-audio/kari-aanestad/