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21 July 2021
Understanding historic grants through consistent comparison
An important part of funding is understanding the impact those grants are having. However this is difficult when there are inconsistencies with how data is collected, managed and analysed. Below, Dr Emma Horrigan – City Bridge Trust’s Data Analyst and recent 360Giving Data Champion – shares how she compares their past and present performance consistently, […]
1 July 2021
How has the grants data grown?
As we reach a critical mass of funders publishing their grants data, we take the opportunity to reflect on how the 360Giving data has changed and grown over time.
1 July 2021
Improved GrantNav launches as we celebrate turning six
We’re excited to be celebrating our sixth birthday today, and to be launching a new and improved version of our flagship tool, GrantNav, our search engine for grants data. We reflect on how GrantNav has progressed over the past five years, and highlight how you can make the most of its new functionality. GrantNav is […]
25 June 2021
Data now available on over £1bn grants in support of COVID-19 response and recovery
[Figures in this blog were updated on 5th July 2021, following an update to the Government published data on 2nd July 2021] On 24th June 2021, the UK Government published data on £490m worth of grants that it made in response to the COVID-19 crisis, in the 360Giving Data Standard. This means that the data […]
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9 June 2021
Develop a data strategy to become more data-driven
Data Champions facilitator, Dirk Slater, share insights from the final workshop of the programme on what a data strategy is and how to develop one using our Data Strategy Canvas template.
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29 April 2021
Ideas to develop a data-driven leadership
In this blog, Data Champions facilitator Dirk Slater shares insights on how to encourage leaders to work with data, and techniques for communication from the workshop.
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29 April 2021
Confirmation bias and how funders might avoid it
In this blog, Data Champions facilitator Dirk Slater shares insights from the group discussion about grantmakers privilege and how to overcome confirmation bias.
31 March 2021
We’ve improved GrantNav: here’s what’s new
We have recently updated GrantNav, based on user research we carried out to better understand its users. We hope the new version will better meet users needs.
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30 March 2021
Key questions to ensure responsible data practice for funders
The Data Champions programme brings funders together to collaborate and learn how to grow a data culture in their organisations. In this blog, programme facilitator Dirk Slater shares insights about responsible data use from the workshop on January 27, 2021. Responsible data What is meant by responsible data? Data is power and with power […]
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30 March 2021
Extending the 360Giving Data Standard - a shared approach to equity data
Over the past year, we’ve been developing a shared taxonomy for equalities data to support funders to understand the equity of their grantmaking. Several funders have expressed an interest to record this data with their 360Giving grants data so we are now looking to add a DEI Data Extension to the 360Giving Data Standard. In […]
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30 March 2021
How much does the UK government give in grants? Updated 2021
On Thursday 25 March 2021, 16 central UK Government departments published their 2019-20 grants data in the 360Giving Data Standard, and updated data about their 2017-18 grants. The new data covers 52,682 general grants that were active in 2019-20 worth a total of £31.8bn awarded to 22,140 recipients. At the same time, data for […]
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22 February 2021
Four steps to building a data culture in your funding organisation
The Data Champions programme brings funders together to collaborate and learn how to grow a data culture in their organisations. In this blog, programme facilitator Dirk Slater shares tips on building a ‘data culture’ to enable better use of data in funding organisations. The ‘Data Champions’ are a group of people from different UK funding […]
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19 February 2021
Which public datasets are most useful for funders?
In our Data Champions programme, we bring funders together to collaborate and learn how to grow a data culture in their organisations. In this blog, we share insights from the group about public datasets, including which are the most useful and how to get the most from them. There are many datasets out there that […]
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26 January 2021
Eight tips for overcoming common data challenges for funders
Our Data Champions programme brings funders together to collaborate and learn how to grow a data culture in their organisations. Having recently launched our third programme, facilitator Dirk Slater takes the opportunity to pause and reflect. In this blog, he highlights some of the common data challenges, and offers tips shared by the Data Champions […]
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18 December 2020
Data Champions month 1: data workflows and data collection
In our Data Champions programme, we bring a cohort of funders together to collaborate and learn how to grow a data culture in their organisations. In the first month, we focused on data workflows and collecting data. In this blog, programme facilitator Dirk Slater shares the learnings and highlights from the group sessions. In […]
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10 December 2020
Introducing the 2020-21 Data Champions: part 2
Our Data Champions programme brings funders together to collaborate and learn how to grow a data culture in their organisations. In November, we launched our second programme with 32 participants from a variety of grantmaking organisations. In this blog, the second of two, we hear from some of them about how they work with data […]
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10 December 2020
Introducing the 2020-21 Data Champions: part 1
Our Data Champions programme brings funders together to collaborate and learn how to grow a data culture in their organisations. In November 2020, we launched our second programme with 32 participants from a variety of grantmaking organisations. In this blog, the first of two, we hear from some of them about how they work with […]
1 December 2020
Giving Tuesday: What’s the best day of the week for grant giving?
To mark Giving Tuesday, we’ve taken to our search engine for grants data, GrantNav, to explore the significance of Tuesday for grantmaking!
19 November 2020
My first Data Expedition: a workshop without a Post-it note in sight!
In August 2020, 360Giving and Open Data Manchester co-hosted a Data Expedition for a group of budding data enthusiasts. Through five online workshops, the group worked with data from ‘start to finish’: identifying a question, finding and using data to answer it and finally telling a story with it. Here, Oliver Carrington from Imperial Health […]
18 November 2020
'360Giving is enabling greater analysis and intelligence': meet incoming 360Giving trustee Farah Ahmed
We spoke to our new Trustee Farah Ahmed, Head of Market Development, Digital Identity at DCMS about the civil service, how attitudes towards data have changed, and what excites her about joining 360Giving.