An Advocate for the Work: The Grants Management Role in Working with Intermediaries

Grants management's intersection with foundation-intermediary work has not been addressed in the literature, though grants managers have a lively interest in the subject. This article explores and begins to define the grants manager's role in the foundation-intermediary relationship, a role that one grants manager described as "being anadvocate for the work." PEAK Grantmaking hopes to test the experiences described here by three seasoned grants managers with their colleagues.