UnitedSt Saviour’sCharity PeterMinetTrustpublish research27 April 2018
‘TheValueofSmallGrants:AreviewbyPeterMinetTrustandUnitedStSaviour’sCharity:March2018’
UnitedStSaviour’sCharity(UStSC)andPeterMInetTrust(PM)areplace-basedfunders–UStSCin northSouthwarkandPMinSouthwarkandLambeth.
UStSC*andPMhaveinvested£854kinsmallgrantsof£5,000andunderoverthelast3years,supporting243differentorganisations.BothfunderswantedtofindoutmoreaboutthevalueoflargenumbersofsmallgrantsandundertookaconsultationwithRocketScience.129charitiesandvoluntaryorganisationsweresurveyedand22tookpartinaworkshop.
(*United St Saviour’sCharityalsoruns a separateCommunityInvestment Programme oflargegrantsover£5,000)
Keymessages:
- Localfundersareincreasinglyvitaltolocalcharitiesasdemandincreases–theyfillgapsandfundprojectsotherfunderswon’tfund,particularlyasstatutoryfundingiscutandcompetitionfornationalfundingincreases
- Charitiessaidcoveringcorecostswastheirbiggestchallenge;forgrassrootscommunityorganisationsthiswasgeneralfundraising
- Mostorganisationswantcore,multi-yearfunding,butmanygrassroots,volunteer-ledorganisationswantfundingforcommunityone-offevents–bothtypesoffundingarehardtofindatalocallevel
- Smallgrantsareofrealvaluewhentheyhelpleverageotherfunds
- OrganisationswantUStSCandPMtoprovidemorethanfunding–networking,trainingandadvocacy
Quote:“Weusedtobesupportedbyanationalfunderbutwecan’taccessthatmoneyanymoredueto increasingcompetition.Wenowrelyonsmallgrantstofundoutprojectsandcoreprogrammes.”(Granteewithincomeofbetween£10,001-£100,000)
Whatnext?
- PMwillintroducenewgrantgivingprogrammesinautumn2018benefitingfromfreshinsights
- UStSCisexploringwaysofofferingmoresupportsuchasconnecting,trainingandadvocacy
- Ithasbeenvaluableworkingtogetherandbothfundershavelearntmuchfromoneanother.Weseethisasthebasisforworkingtogetheronotherprojectsinfuture.
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Here’sthelinktooursummaryreport:‘TheValueofSmallGrants:AreviewbyPeterMinetTrustandUnitedStSaviour’sCharity:March2018’
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