# 2020/21 Directory of Grant Making Trusts now out

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/09/09/2020-21-directory-of-grant-making-trusts-now-out/
- Published: 2019-09-09T09:00:24+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The latest edition of The Directory of Grant Making Trusts (DGMT), published by
Directory of Social Change (DSC), is now out.**

With information on over £5billion worth of funding available to UK charities, the
[2020/21 guide](https://www.dsc.org.uk/dgm) covers over 2,000 of the largest grant-
making charities that award grants to UK organisations.

The combined giving of all the grant-makers in the new edition totals over £5.699
billion, marking an increase of around £290 million from the previous edition. 

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Mairéad Bailie, lead author of the guide, said:

> “We know many charities are struggling with increases in demand and pressure on
> their resources. The additional £290m of funding in this edition of DGMT means
> even more charities will have the chance to get the funding that they need, to
> help the people and causes they are working so hard to support.”

New to the [Directory of Social Change’s](https://www.dsc.org.uk) DGMT are improvements
to the book’s indexing, with additions such as ‘grant-makers by field of interest
and type of beneficiary’. In addition, the new ‘grant-makers by type of organisation’
index, helps readers find the types of organisation that grant-makers will fund.

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It also includes:

 * Concise information and contact details for every record
 * Annual grant total awarded by each grant-maker
 * Examples of beneficiaries in each listing, for guidance on the types of organisations
   previously funded
 * Extensive indexes divided by geographical area, field of interest and beneficiary
   group, organisation type, and kinds of grant available
 * Each grant-maker’s description of project types that can or cannot qualify for
   funding

Amanda Bringans, Director of Fundraising, British Heart Foundation and Chair of 
Trustees, [Institute of Fundraising](http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk),
commented:

> “No one wants to spend unnecessary time making or reviewing inappropriate applications
> and so being able to depend on a resource such as The Directory of Grant Making
> Trusts is hugely valuable. With those many thousands of grant-making bodies nationwide,
> it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and having the key details of the geographical area,
> grants awarded and, most importantly, funding interest, priorities and criteria
> all in one place is incredibly useful to find the grant-marker that can be right
> for your charity and project.”

 * **Find the [Directory of Grant Making Trusts 2022/23](https://fundraising.co.uk/books/the-directory-of-grant-making-trusts-2022-23)
   in UK Fundraising’s bookshop.**

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