The directory of Social Change is running a new series, which asks the UK’s leading Trusts and Foundations ‘what makes good grant-making?’ The first installment is by The Nationwide Foundation. Of the elements to their core grant ‘Investor’ programme, they state that they have done well in creating a streamlined application process, in offering substantial three year funding for core and development work that is flexible, by providing extra support to help charities build their organizational resilience, by encouraging and funding partnerships, and by providing grantees with their own reports to enable them to demonstrate the value of their work to other funders.
Nationwide have claimed that they try to take a hands-on approach to funding and it seems this approach is well received by the charities they work with as one grantee stated: “the unusual thing about the Nationwide Foundation is they have taken a genuine interest in what we do, unlike any other funders and we have other organizations who have funded us…and have given me appropriate advice and hints along the way.”
To read more or to follow the series go to the Directory of Social Change website.
