Research and Intelligence

What funders are saying. What it means.

Reports, briefings and notes from the conversations we have with the people deciding where philanthropic capital lands.

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What you need in place before strategy season

Most leadership teams start strategy season either stretched from Q2 reporting or too newly arrived to know what funders actually think. By September, the strategy is already built on assumptions you cannot see.

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The rise (and rise) of philanthropic re-granters

Localisation is the language. Re-granters are the reality. The grants are increasingly going to the same organisations the original funders backed years ago, just through a longer chain.

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