# NPC launches guide to help funders make grant-making more inclusive & transparent

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/07/06/npc-launches-guide-to-help-funders-make-grant-making-more-inclusive-transparent/
- Published: 2023-07-06T08:00:12+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The guide is the culmination of work launched last year to test NPC’s theory that
working more openly in how funders design their fund, make their decisions, and 
evaluate their impact can bring multiple benefits.**

Over 18 months, NPC researched the field, designed an open process, and gave out
over £570,000 of grants to charities and community groups helping people in financial
hardship across the UK.

[The resulting guide](https://www.thinknpc.org/resource-hub/open-philanthropy/) 
shares how funders can make their grantmaking more inclusive through an Open Philanthropy
process, defining what NPC means by this, and offering insights, guidance, and templates
to help others work more openly.

## Advertisement

In the introduction, NPC says:

_“Philanthropy has traditionally been a closed process, with decisions made behind
closed doors. Open Philanthropy is about giving grants in an inclusive and transparent
way.”_

It continues:

_“Our vision for Open Philanthropy is ultimately to see transformation in the field–
for the norm to become foundations and philanthropists operating both transparently
and inclusively.”_

The paper, it says, is NPC’s first step towards this vision and a work in progress,
sharing what it has learnt from the first Open Philanthropy fund it has developed.
Part one looks at how to create an open process, part two looks at decision making
including launching funding and allocating it, part three covers understanding impact,
and there are examples and templates throughout.

 * **[Annual assessment of foundation practices finds overall improvement but diversity still a weak spot](https://fundraising.co.uk/2024/03/15/annual-assessment-of-foundation-practices-finds-overall-improvement-but-diversity-still-a-weak-spot/)**(
   15 March 2024)
 * **[Just being transparent isn’t good enough!](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/06/19/just-transparent-isnt-good-enough/)**(
   19 June 2014)
 * **[SCVO creates Good HQ to help public and charities learn from each other](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/07/23/scvo-creates-good-hq-help-public-charities-learn/)**(
   23 July 2016)