Grants news digest
A roundup of recent grants-related news
Major foundation embeds core funding by default in 10-year strategy
(18/03/2025)
In a shift likely to be welcomed by grantees, City Bridge Foundation has committed to offering core funding as standard. The policy change is part of a decade-long strategy aimed at improving partner resilience and mission delivery.
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NPC calls for match funding to maximise impact of government grants
(20/03/2025)
NPC is urging philanthropic funders to adopt match funding models that stretch limited government budgets and encourage collaborative funding approaches, particularly as public spending remains under pressure.
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Public funding to Scottish charities drops by 5% since 2021
(25/03/2025)
A new report reveals that public sector funding for Scottish charities has fallen by 5% in real terms since 2021, with charities warning of mounting financial pressure as demand rises.
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Funder boosts grants with National Insurance uplift for 700 charities
(08/04/2025)
A major UK funder will provide additional funds to cover National Insurance increases for 700 grantees, in a rare move to help address rising operational costs for the sector.
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Smaller women's and girls' charities burdened by competitive commissioning
(24/04/2025)
Commissioning processes continue to favour larger, generalist providers, leaving specialist women's and girls' organisations overstretched and battling for piecemeal funding from trusts and foundations, a recent report reveals.
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Foyle Foundation issues final £18m before closing after 25 years
(24/04/2025)
The Foyle Foundation has announced its final grants totalling £18 million, including major donations to leading cultural institutions. The foundation’s decision to close aims to accelerate its impact through strategic spend-down.
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Benefact Group launches peer-selected "pay it forward" grant scheme
(28/04/2025)
Benefact Group has launched an innovative grantmaking model allowing recipient charities to select the next beneficiaries. The £50,000 scheme aims to test more participatory approaches to funding, with 25 charities expected to receive £2,000 each.
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Small charities warn of 'broken' funding model in new NCVO report
(30/04/2025)
NCVO’s The Power of Small report has highlighted how unstable, short-term funding cycles are severely affecting smaller charities, forcing them to divert limited resources away from service delivery and into repetitive fundraising.
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Gates Foundation to spend down entire endowment by 2045
(09/05/2025)
One of the largest private foundations in the world, the US-based Gates Foundation, has committed to spending its entire $200 billion endowment by 2045. The move marks a major departure from its original perpetual structure and signals a focus on maximising impact within a defined timeframe.
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Grantmakers urged to focus on wellbeing
(15/5/2025)
Charitable funders should measure wellbeing in order to understand the true value of the social impact programmes that they fund, a new report suggests.
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