In this blog we share plans for the development of the 360Giving Data Standard to reflect a wider range of grants, and future updates to 360Giving tools. Update (13/9): 360Giving’s consultation on grants to individuals is now closed. Thanks to all who provided their feedback and insights. Background When 360Giving developed the Data Standard, it […]

Following on from the publication of brand new analysis for the Access to Justice Foundation, we’re sharing what we have learnt along the way. The 360Giving team were pleased to work with the Access to Justice Foundation on a  new report analysing funding for ‘Specialist Legal Advice Providers’, and the broader size and scope of […]

As we celebrate our seventh birthday, we’re looking back on 360Giving’s achievements over the past year. 🎉 New visualisations  To celebrate our seventh birthday, we’re taking this opportunity to help you to better understand data published using the 360Giving Data Standard. To get a fuller picture of grantmaking in the UK, we’ve created a series […]

360Giving is excited to welcome our new Chair of Trustees, Fozia Irfan OBE. 360Giving is delighted to announce that Fozia Irfan OBE, BBC Children in Need’s Director of Children and Young People, is to become our new Chair of Trustees from July 2022. Fozia has extensive experience in grantmaking and social action, and we’re excited […]

In this blog we share some of the issues that we have been exploring around geography and location data, and what we are planning to do next to move things forward. People want to know where funding is going in the UK, but there are currently some challenges in how location data is handled in […]

Update: Following the exploration described in this blog, we launched the ability to identify grants intended for regranting in the 360Giving Data Standard. Read our regranting launch blog to find out more. In this blog, we’re exploring the concept of regranting, explaining what we have seen in the data, and outlining what we’re doing next […]

Fran Perrin has announced that she will be stepping down from the Chair role at 360Giving in summer 2022, but will continue to support the organisation as a champion, ambassador and Founder after.  Since Fran created 360Giving in 2015, a sector transformation has been achieved. By early 2022, over 220 funders have published over 600,000 […]

Covering planning, preparing and publishing, here’s an introduction to our guide on publishing your grants data using the 360Giving Data Standard. What is the Complete Guide to Publishing and what does it include? The 360Giving team recently launched a Complete Guide to Publishing to help funders through the process of sharing grants data using the […]

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 […]

We’ve reached a new milestone, with grants from over 200 funders now available to explore in GrantNav. We showcase the diversity of grantmakers publishing their grants data and celebrate this milestone. We’re delighted to announce that over 200 funders have published their grants data in the 360Giving Data Standard. This means that data on almost […]

Th visualisations in this blog are out of date. Please visit threesixtygiving.org/data for up to date visualisations and statistics.  Since 360Giving was formally constituted in July 2015, we’ve been working towards our vision of more informed and effective grantmaking through normalising open data sharing. As we reach a critical mass of funders publishing their grants […]

We’re excited to be celebrating our sixth birthday today, and to be launching a new and improved version of our flagship tool, GrantNav, our search engine for grants data. We reflect on how GrantNav has progressed over the past five years, and highlight how you can make the most of its new functionality.  GrantNav is […]

Over the past year, we’ve been developing a shared taxonomy for equalities data to support funders to understand the equity of their grantmaking. Several funders have expressed an interest to record this data with their 360Giving grants data so we are now looking to add a DEI Data Extension to the 360Giving Data Standard. In […]

On Thursday 25 March 2021, 16 central UK Government departments published their 2019-20 grants data in the 360Giving Data Standard, and updated data about their 2017-18 grants.   The new data covers 52,682 general grants that were active in 2019-20 worth a total of £31.8bn awarded to 22,140 recipients. At the same time, data for […]

Over the coming months, we are delighted to be welcoming six new trustees onto our board. One of them is Farah Ahmed, Head of Market Development, Digital Identity at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). In this post, we speak with Farah about her background in the civil service, how attitudes towards data […]

Over the coming months, we are delighted to be welcoming six new trustees onto our board. One of them is Jo Kerr, Director of Innovation and Impact at Turn2us. In this post, we speak to Jo about the changes in digital, technology and data in charities, and what excites her about joining 360Giving. You can […]

Over the coming months, we are delighted to be welcoming six new trustees onto our board. One of them is Jon Cracknell, Trust Secretary of the Ecology Trust. In this post, we speak to Jon about his experience and the changes he’s seen in environmental philanthropy, and what excites him about joining 360Giving. You can get […]

Over the coming months, we are delighted to be welcoming six new trustees onto our board. One of them is Bonnie Chiu, Managing Director at The Social Investment Consultancy. In this post, we speak to Bonnie about women’s empowerment, the value of young trustees and what excites her about joining 360Giving. You can get to […]

Over the coming months, we are delighted to be welcoming six new trustees onto our board. One of them is Dr Danil Mikhailov, Founder and Head of Wellcome Data Labs at the Wellcome Trust. In this post, we speak to Danil about creating Wellcome Data Labs, data maturity and what excites him about joining 360Giving. […]

Over the coming months, we are delighted to be welcoming six new trustees onto our board. One of them is Thrisha Haldar, Lead Executive at The Alan and Babette Sainsbury Fund. In this post, we speak to Thrisha about her background, her thoughts on grantmaking strategy and what excites her about joining 360Giving. You can […]