Using 360Giving data as a fundraiser
You can use 360Giving to understand who funds work like yours.
Explore which funders support your cause, see who funds similar work, and learn from or collaborate with organisations working on related topics.
What 360Giving data helps you do
360Giving data shows who is funding what, where and when.
As a fundraiser, you can use it to:
- Find potential funders
- See which funders support your cause
- See which funders work in your area or region
- Understand who gets funded
- Find organisations like yours and see who funds them
- Check grant amounts, and how long grants last
- Make your case for funding stronger
- Check if you work fills a gap
- Check if your work builds on existing activities
How to use 360Giving tools and data
1. Answer a specific question
If you have a clear question – like “which organisations work on mental health for young people in Manchester?” – start with our How to Search guides. All these routes use GrantNav, the search engine for grants data published using the 360Giving Data Standard.
They show you how to:
- Find funders
See who else support the same causes or place - Find recipients
Explore what has been been funded, and by whom - Find grants by cause or location
Explore how grants are spread across topics and areas
2. Understand the wider landscape
If you want a bigger picture to help with strategy and planning, use our dashboards:
- UKGrantmaking
See patterns across regions, themes and funders - 360Insights
Explore focused themes and topics linked to your work
More tools for fundraisers
- The best resources for fundraisers to search for funders, for free – 360Giving
- All our resources to help you use grants data to answer your questions and inform your decision-making
Get help using data
We can help you work with grants data, so you can make sense of what you find and explore your questions with confidence.