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Publisher Guidance

Step 5. Use your data within your organisation

Explore your own grantmaking, or get a better understanding of the funding context.

Build your data culture

Every organisation has its own ‘data culture’, which is reflected in the values, behaviours and expectations you hold around collecting and using data. An organisation with a strong data culture will:

  1. Have a data strategy, and up-to-date policies about how data is used.
  2. Follow data protection and data management best practice guidance.
  3. Collect and share data, in line with these frameworks. 
  4. Use the data they collect to inform their decisions.
  5. Make sure their staff have the confidence, skills, and resources they need to deliver the strategy.

If your organisation doesn’t have a strong data culture, the 360Giving data publishing process can be a useful way to start a conversation about the benefits of collecting and using data.

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Make the most of 360Giving data

If you want to dive deeper, there are endless aspects of UK grantmaking that you can explore. Here are some examples that 360Giving publishers have used open grants data to look into.

Find your funding ‘neighbours’

Identify which other funders fund the same organisations, award grants in the same location, or for the same causes and topics. Learn about what you have in common and where you are different, build your networks, and explore potential collaborations.

Benchmarking

Look at your organisation in the context of the wider sector and compare your grantmaking with others. 

360Giving API

Depending on which grants management system you use, you may be able to use our API to integrate 360Giving grants data into your system and view it side by side with your own data.

Strategic reviews

Explore your impact. Is your funding going where you intend it to? Who is it going to? Use 360Giving data to identify any ‘cold spots’ and gaps, and find whether these areas are supported by other funders.

Other research projects

Search, filter, and analyse millions of grant records to build a picture of the funding landscape for particular topics or causes, or in specific areas.

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