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Working in Place : A Framework for Place-based Approaches
September 1, 2016In 2015, the Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) undertook a study of place-based approaches to funding, working with London Funders and overseen by a steering group of:— Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF)— Big Lottery Fund— City Bridge Trust— Comic Relief— Esmée Fairbairn Foundation— Lankelly Chase Foundation— Tudor Trust— UK Community FoundationsThe research aimed to shed light on the place-based approaches used by UK trusts and foundations, and identify learning about the pitfalls and successes of these approaches.Using the findings from the research, a framework to support funders in the planning and implementation of place-based approaches has been produced. This is presented in the form of questions linked to key stages in the development of place-based working: rationale, design and delivery.The aim is to help funders to anticipate, address and review the challenges of place-based approaches in order to achieve their potential benefits.
Evaluation Within UK Trusts and Foundations : Practice, Use and Challenges
September 1, 2015This report presents a picture of evaluation within primarily larger trusts and foundations in the UK. It is based on the findings of an online survey completed by 34 trusts and foundations – 94% of whom awarded grants of more than £1m in 2013/14.The survey was designed to address a need for information about the positioning, resourcing and uses of evaluation in trusts and foundations which was highlighted at the inaugural convening of the UK Evaluation Roundtable in March 2014.Specifically, the survey aimed to:Understand the range of evaluative activities that trusts and foundations are undertaking and how these activities are being organised and invested in.Explore perceptions about how well trusts and foundations are making use of evaluative information to inform their work.Explore the challenges that trusts and foundations are facing in relation to their evaluation practices.
Thinking About ... Core Funding
January 1, 2013Thinking about... core funding draws on learning from their own and others' research and interviews with key informants from seven charitable foundations providing core funding to shed light on why, when and how to use core funding. Their particular focus is social welfarevoluntary organisations, many of which are local. This part of the voluntary sector relies mainly on two types of income – grants from statutory bodies and fundraising from trusts and foundations. This makes their dependence on core funding from trusts and foundations, and full costrecovery, even more critical.
Beyond Money: A Study of Funding Plus in the UK
September 1, 2011This report examines different approaches to funding plus used by UK charitable foundations. In addition, the survey tries to uncover the principal benefits, challenges and risks of these approaches in order to generate practically useful learning about funding plus.In this regard, the research found that the funding plus field comprises a broad range of definitions, purposes and activity. Within this we were able to identify five overarching preconditions for success in funding plus:- strong personal relationships- good knowledge of grantees and the sector in which they operate- grantees that are ready and willing for an engaged relationship with a funder- bespoke rather than standardised or prescriptive approaches- careful and responsible management of power relationships between funder and grantee
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