Grantmaking Resources

Plan and Design

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Whitepaper: The Goldilocks Zone of Grant Standardisation

Whitepaper: Unrestricted funding - why grantmakers need it

When you feel the need for speed, start your Outcomes Engine

Outcomes Engine has flow-on effects for the grants team at Wannon Water

Whitepaper: Risk management and the grantmaking lifecycle

Funding innovative projects and organisations

Engaging in strategic grantmaking

The basics of program design

Maximising the grants officer role

Avoiding jargon

Managing your grants staff

The role of a grants facilitator

Record Keeping

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Whitepaper: Risk management and the grantmaking lifecycle

The basics of program design

Grants mapping and community support

Grants manuals

Identify Outcomes Agents

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Whitepaper: Unrestricted funding - why grantmakers need it

At the crossroads: How to use grants to tackle climate change and equity

Identifying outcomes agents: How to target grantseekers to reach your goals

Best practice for writing grants guidelines

10 tips on advertising your grants

Providing additional support for grantseekers

How to make sure you have a website you can be proud of

Two-stage applications

Table Hotspot: Improving applications

Consumer review

Capacity building

Application checklists

Assess and Decide

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Assessment: How to make good grants decisions

Help Sheet: Assessment Panels

Funding innovative projects and organisations

Weighing up risk on investments

Making your grants program accessible to individuals with a disability

Providing capital grants: a case study

Enabling innovation and risk-friendly grantmaking

Deciding who to fund and frameworks to help you choose

Capacity building

Notify

How to say "No" nicely

Capacity building

Agreements

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Making your grants program accessible to individuals with a disability

Small grants

Scaling up a successful program

Preventing grantseeker fraud

Matching grants to strengthen communities

10 Minute Check

Take the Grants Health Check

Be guided through the nine-stage self-assessment
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At the crossroads: How to use grants to tackle climate change and equity

Investing in women

Table Hotspot: Improving access for small and emerging grantseekers

Monitor

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Whitepaper: Risk management and the grantmaking lifecycle

How to prepare for when something goes wrong and how to respond when it does

Monitoring grants funding

Table Hotspot: Timelines

Table Hotspot: Providing high-quality support

Table Hotspot: Performance problems

Grants mapping and community support

Close the Grant

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Whitepaper: The Goldilocks Zone of Grant Standardisation

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Grantmakers starting with evaluation should begin with a simple framework

How to turn grant data into meaningful reports using the Outcomes Engine

Just one in four “grantseeker outcomes” is an outcome, analysis reveals

Outcome Engines Myth Busting

Program evaluation from design to implementation

Independent evaluation

Evaluating the impact of your grants

Reporting lessons from your grantmaking

Reporting hard-won lessons: a case study

Publicising outcomes

Ten top tips on providing feedback

The basics of program reviews