UK Grantmaking, a collaborative project to develop a new platform that will bring together data on grantmaking in the UK aims to strengthen grantmaking understanding, collaboration, decision-making, strategy and practice in the sector.
The project is a collaboration between 360Giving, Association of Charitable Foundations, Association of Charitable Organisations, UK Community Foundations, London Funders and other organisations supporting the funding and charitable sectors.
Following on from research conducted in June 2023 on grantmaking across different sectors in the UK, published in UK Grantmaking 2021-22: Snapshot, the research explored the wider context of grantmaking beyond 360Giving data and to see what analysis might be possible with available data.
360Giving learned a lot from this initial project and is now working with a range of partners to expand the initiative. This includes embarking on a project to create a centralised repository providing a comprehensive overview and understanding of grantmaking in the UK by consolidating data from grantmaking organisations across sectors.
The new UKGrantmaking.org will provide an interactive platform that showcases the data, trends, and insights and will include deep-dives into data on different parts of the sector, visualisations to support engagement, and commentary and insights to put it into context from partner organisations.
The platform will be updated annually, aiming to launch with 2022-23 grantmaking data in June 2024, depending on factors such as data availability from the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
The new purpose-built platform will allow funders, sector bodies, policymakers, researchers, fundraisers, and sector media to access, explore, and download data and insights about UK grantmaking. 360Giving hopes it will serve as a catalyst for conversations, engagement, and improvement in the quality of grantmaking data, and becomes something that they can build on and further enhance in future years.
How you can get involved
Those who are a 360Giving publisher are being asked to ensure their data for April 2022 to March 2023 is published or updated as soon as possible, and by mid-March 2024 at the latest, to be included in the analysis.
360Giving's first step into sector-wide analysis with the Snapshot presented key insights from grantmaking data and showcased what is possible. And they are keen to know what people would like to see in the analysis to be produced in 2024. Please give your feedback on the approach and what you’d find useful going forward here.
