Grantmaking

Reports in this section include:

 

Achieving more together: Foundations and new philanthropists
This report looks at the potential for collaboration between individual philanthropists and foundations and the opportunities and challenges that this presents.

An example of an NPC strategy consulting project
These two reports, commissioned in early 2009 by the Bankers Benevolent Fund, a London-based charity, researches the needs of the different groups of people the fund supports.

Foundations for knowledge: Sharing knowledge to increase impact
Funders could increase their impact by learning through their own grant-making, and sharing this knowledge with others, the rest of the sector can benefit from their experience.

Granting success
Granting success provides guidance on how to structure grants so they have the most impact. It looks at how to make decisions about the size and length of grants, restrictions on grants, and non-grant financing.

Helping grantees focus on impact
In this report, we outline some of the ways funders have supported their grantees to monitor and evaluate their work, and suggest how focusing on impact can benefit both funders and charities.

Preparing for cuts
Preparing for cuts discusses how funders should respond to government cuts and changing funding structures across the sector, and how they can support charities through the challenging times ahead.

Reviewing J. P. Morgan's philanthropy, 2008-2009
J.P. Morgan's philanthropy team in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) commissioned NPC to analyse its 2008 and 2009 grant portfolio. We reviewed the impact of all 35 grants funded in this time.

Trading for the future: A review of Execution charitable trust
Execution charitable trust helps some of Britain’s poorest communities, from its doorstep in east-London, to Belfast and Glasgow. NPC carried out a review of Execution’s giving in its first five years.