# Community Fund explains how it assesses grants

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2002/07/19/community-fund-explains-how-it-assesses-grants/
- Published: 2002-07-19T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Community Fund has opened up its procedures to all grant applicants.

The Community Fund has unravelled the mystery of what makes an application successful
by publishing its new Grant Assessment Manuals on its Web site. The manuals show
the full internal methods used by grants officers in assessing applications under
the Community Fund’s six grants programmes.

Luke FitzHerbert, of the Directory of Social Change said: “At last, the full scoring
instructions! The Community Fund has set an example that should be followed by every
other grant maker handling public funds.

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“By also including on their website the minutes of Board and Policy Committee meetings,
the Fund is setting an unmatched level of transparency in the grant making field.”

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