What we do and why

Overview

Our vision is for grantmaking in the UK to become more informed, effective and strategic. We want more money to go where it’s needed most to support communities and good causes through a more informed understanding of the grantmaking picture.

We do this in two main ways: 

1. Helping funders publish their grants data openly using the 360Giving Data Standard – a single format for sharing information on who, what and where they fund so that data from varied sources can be collated and analysed together. 
2. Helping people access and use this data to develop strategies, make decisions, and identify partners. Our free tools like GrantNav make it easy to explore, download and visualise grants data. We also provide a range of services from free workshops to data consultancy packages that support individual funders, collaborations, charities, researchers, and policymakers to get the most from the data – whatever your level of experience.

We’re always looking for ways to improve, and want to hear from those publishing and using grants data about what’s working (or not!). We explore creative ways to achieve our mission, and work collaboratively with others to deliver our aims.