30 October 2024
People’s Postcode Lottery becomes the 300th 360Giving Data Standard publisher
Another significant milestone is reached with over 300 grantmakers now openly publishing their data. This week marks an exciting milestone for 360Giving: 20 Postcode Trusts have joined our ranks, taking us to over 300 grantmakers publishing their data using the 360Giving Data Standard. By sharing their grants data openly, the 20 People’s Postcode Trusts join […]
24 June 2024
Explore UKGrantmaking.org
We are excited and proud to share our latest work, an ambitious and innovative new collaboration. UKGrantmaking.org collates data from regulators, funder accounts and data published using the 360Giving Data Standard to provide an interactive platform for understanding grantmaking in the UK. It is a unique collaboration between 360Giving, the Association of Charitable Foundations, the […]
30 March 2021
The best resources for fundraisers to search for funders, for free
With the closure of Fundraising Central, NCVO’s online grants database, how can you identify potential funders for your work using open data? Here we set out some of the best free resources for fundraisers to search for funders
15 November 2024
How 360Giving data shapes the stories in UKGrantmaking
If you’re a funder, you can use UKGrantmaking to provide context for your work and see how your grantmaking compares to peers and the broader grantmaking field. As a funder, your grant data can also contribute to these insights. Find out what analysis of over 80,000 grant records can tell you and how, with your help, we can make the 2025 edition of UKGrantmaking even better.
22 October 2024
Making publishing smoother: Tell us about your systems!
Making publishing grants data easier for funders is key to 360Giving’s strategy. Great progress has been made in the last few years – but we want to go further. We’re asking grantmakers to help us understand more about the systems they use so that we can better design our support. At 360Giving our work is […]
4 September 2024
Shape the future of UKGrantmaking: share your feedback!
UKGrantmaking is a new interactive platform with information about grantmaking by UK funders. We want this data to be used and useful, so share your thoughts with us and help us to improve this resource. UKGrantmaking is here! In June we launched a new collaborative resource— UKGrantmaking— which is an open and free-to-use interactive platform […]
12 July 2024
Why we began publishing grants to individuals data - Masonic Charitable Foundation
In this guest blog, Jo Haffenden and Ames Petzoldt from the Masonic Charitable Foundation discuss the key principles and drivers that led them to publish data on grants to individuals and families alongside grants to organisations data. At the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF), the Freemason’s Charity, we have been publishing Charity Grants as 360Giving data […]
11 June 2024
Introducing the 360Giving API: A new way to access grant data
The 360Giving API is now live! Learn more about how you can use it in your systems. We are pleased to share that the 360Giving API is now live! This tool is designed to streamline access to 360Giving data, making it easier than ever for technical users to harness this information for research, analysis, and […]
2 April 2024
UK government 360Giving publication adds 1 millionth grant to GrantNav
17 central UK Government departments publishing their 2022-23 grants data brings the total value of grants shared to over £265bn and over 1 million grants in GrantNav.
13 March 2024
Have your say! How your feedback shapes our work
Find out how your feedback has guided our work and help inform our plans.
26 February 2024
A product manager's approach to enhancing the 360Giving Data Standard
How data standards can take a product-led, user-centred approach. When I became the first dedicated Product Manager at 360Giving in April 2021, I knew what to expect when it came to managing a suite of software tools like GrantNav and 360Insights. But I had no idea how I’d go about managing the 360Giving Data Standard, […]
6 December 2023
Announcing the new UK Grantmaking Project
We are pleased to announce the launch of UK Grantmaking, a collaborative project to develop a new platform that will bring together data on the landscape of grantmaking in the UK.
6 December 2023
Extending our strategy – and sharing what we’ve learnt
360Giving’s Trustee Board agreed a two-year extension to our 2022 strategy, committing to our current priorities until 2027. Here’s why.
5 October 2023
Buttle UK and publishing data on grants to individuals and families
Jessie Adams (Impact and Evaluation Manager) shares the motivations for Buttle UK supporting the project and being one of the first funders to publish their data on grants to individuals.
2 August 2023
Learning to make the best use of your data
How a data strategy and positive data culture can help grantmakers get the most out of their data.
30 June 2023
360Giving is turning eight!
As we reach another milestone, we’re taking a look at just a few of our achievements, in a pivotal year for us and our mission.
27 June 2023
UK Grantmaking 2021-22: A snapshot
The Grantmaking 2021-22 Snapshot serves as an interactive and accessible resource for anyone interested in exploring grantmaking data through a wealth of data compiled from multiple sources.
16 June 2023
360Giving Chief Executive, Tania Cohen awarded MBE
Our Chief Executive, Tania Cohen, has been awarded an MBE in today’s honours in recognition of her “services to charity and social justice”, including for her work leading 360Giving.
2 June 2023
Launching a new way to identify regranting
The 360Giving Data Standard has been updated to enable funders to identify their grants intended for regranting.
17 April 2023
Get started with grants to individuals in the 360Giving Data Standard
The 360Giving Data Standard has been updated to support sharing data about grants to individuals.