7 December 2021
UK grantmaking during the pandemic - Explore our new research
Data shared by 174 grantmakers on their Covid relief and recovery funding – covering 66,000 grants worth almost £2.4 billion – has been analysed and summarised by David Kane (Analysis Lead, 360Giving) in newly-published interactive research. Key findings from the report show that funders acted quickly and responsively, and adapted approaches to reach communities disproportionately […]
20 July 2017
Three ways we plan to make funding easier
David Kane and Suraj Vadgama, the team behind www.beehivegiving.org, share findings from their recent user research with charitable funders and plans to put them into action to make funding easier and less time-consuming. Beehive was set up by The Forward Foundation that understood the challenges of distributing grants, as well as the difficulties faced by […]
20 September 2015
Setting solid foundations for social impact
Last week we had the pleasure of presenting on the 360Giving project for an Open Data Institute Friday Lunchtime Lecture. Alice Casey and Tim Davies shared a history of the project, and the vision of supporting funders to make better decisions and seek greater impact through open sharing of grantmaking data. You can find a recording […]