Supporting our partners

Don’t waste time

We will not waste their time – we will explain our funding priorities clearly; we will be open and transparent about all our requirements and exclusions.

Ask relevant questions

We will only ask relevant questions – we will only collect information that we must have to make funding decisions; we will test our application forms rigorously to make sure our questions are clear and do not overlap.

Accept Risk

We will accept our share of risk – we will be realistic about how much assurance applicants can reasonably give us; we will clearly explain how we assess risk when we make our funding decisions.

Act with Urgency

We will act with urgency – we will seek to work at a pace that meets the needs of applicants; we will publish and stick to our timetables; we will make our decisions as quickly as possible.

Be Open

We will be transparent about our decisions – we will give feedback; we will analyse and publish success rates and reasons for rejection; we will share our data.

Enable flexibility

We will enable them to respond flexibly to changing priorities and needs – we will give unrestricted funding; if we can’t (or are a specialist funder), we will make our funding as flexible as possible.

Communicate with purpose

We will be clear about our relationship from the start – we will be realistic about time commitments; we will ensure that our contact is positive and purposeful.

Be proportionate

We will commit to light touch reporting – we will ensure that our formal reporting requirements are well understood, proportionate and meaningful.

These commitments have been well-received by all the Partnership Fund grantees and in ensuring the Foundation remain an open and trusting grant-maker, the Foundation Manager provided further insight into our processes in a blog to share our practices – Read more