Grants
Thanks to grantmakers publishing data using the 360Giving Data Standard, we can analyse the characteristics of grantmaking, by looking at the size and duration of awarded grants
Grant duration
Grant duration is an optional field in the 360Giving Data Standard so not all publishers have included it in their data. The duration of the grant is available for around 36% of grants.
Fundraising grantmakers, family and corporate foundations are more likely to offer longer grants of 12 months or more, while small grantmakers and Community Foundations offer shorter-term grants.
Grant amount
The median size of published grants is £10,000. This varies between grantmaker segments, with central government generally making larger grants whilst small grantmakers and community foundations make smaller grants.
Where possible grant amount has been adjusted to annual figures to reflect the duration of the grant. For example, a £20,000 grant with a duration of 2 years would be adjusted to a value of £10,000.
In total, 1.4% of grants are for over £1 million (this represents around 5,700 grants), but these account for half of the amount granted. Most grants are small – over half of grants made are for £10,000 or less.
These patterns are also reflected in the proportion of grants made that are worth more than £100,000. Central government and family foundations are more likely to make larger grants, while corporate and Community Foundations are less likely to make large grants.