| The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £5,000 |
04/09/2023
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Contribution to IVAR's Open and Trusting Initiative
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| Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to IVAR |
| £2,000 |
29/06/2023
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Core costs for Infrastructure & Third Sector Support
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - UK Evaluation Roundtable: Trust-based learning |
| £5,000 |
30/05/2023
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The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) is an independent charity that works closely with people and organisations striving for social change. This grant will contribute towards IVAR’s
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The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) is an independent charity that works closely with people and organisations striving for social change. This grant will contribute towards IVAR’s core costs – in particular, the administration, organisation and facilitation of the spring convenings; their Community of Practice; and the production and publication of briefings, webinars and other learning resources.
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| William Grant Foundation - Open and Trusting Grant-making initiative |
| £15,000 |
18/05/2023
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To support the further development and implementation of the Open and Trusting Grant-making initiative, including a programme of research, facilitating a community of practice amongst funders, and
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To support the further development and implementation of the Open and Trusting Grant-making initiative, including a programme of research, facilitating a community of practice amongst funders, and enabling charities to hold funders to account for their commitments. Keywords: philanthropy, trust-based, funding practice, foundations
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| National Lottery Community Fund - Core Funding & Connecting Health Communities (CHC) |
| £412,000 |
03/05/2023
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Funding will be used to bring together health and care service users with local and national organisations such as charities and the NHS to ensure services meet local need. The project aims to
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Funding will be used to bring together health and care service users with local and national organisations such as charities and the NHS to ensure services meet local need. The project aims to develop care that is informed by the voice of those with lived experience shaping healthier lives for people in 12 areas across England.
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| Co-Op Foundation - Open and Trusting Grant Making Programme |
| £75,000 |
27/04/2023
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Support over 3 years for the Open and Trusting Grant Making Programme.
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £18,000 |
30/01/2023
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Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting a thriving civil society |
| £10,000 |
18/01/2023
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Core funding to provide research, evidence and learning to support organisations working for social change to make informed decisions and develop practical responses to the challenges they face.
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| The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £5,000 |
23/08/2022
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Contribution to the Open and Trusting Initiative
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| Barrow Cadbury Trust - Open and Trusting Grant-Making Initiative |
| £4,000 |
14/07/2022
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To support IVAR's Open and Trusting Grant-Making initiative.
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| County Durham Community Foundation - Open and Trusting Grant-making Initiative |
| £5,000 |
23/06/2022
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Open and Trusting Grant-making Initiative.
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| The Joffe Trust - IVAR |
| £2,000 |
20/05/2022
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To support the Open and Trusting grantmaking initiative
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| William Grant Foundation - Open & Trusting grant-making and Evaluation Roundtable 2022 |
| £3,500 |
21/04/2022
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A general contribution in recognition of IVAR's work supporting the Open & Trusting grant-making community of practice and the Evaluation Roundtable for funders during 2022.
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| Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) |
| £50,000 |
14/03/2022
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Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR)
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| Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award |
| £40,000 |
12/11/2021
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Contribution to core costs for core work
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Evaluation Roundtable |
| £4,000 |
21/07/2021
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The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) is an independent charity that works closely with people and organisations striving for social change. They use research to develop practical
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The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) is an independent charity that works closely with people and organisations striving for social change. They use research to develop practical responses to the challenges faced by organisations and create opportunities for people to learn from their findings. This grant supports The Evaluation Roundtable, a partnership between IVAR and the Center for Evaluation Innovation. It offers independent trusts and foundations an opportunity to gather and reflect on the design, development and use of different approaches to evaluation and learning.
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| Pears Foundation - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £50,000 |
21/05/2021
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Core Funding
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £20,000 |
18/05/2021
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Towards unrestricted core costs Leading in Uncertainty Peer Support
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| Tudor Trust - Grant to IVAR Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £20,000 |
29/04/2021
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over 11 months as continuation funding towards the running costs of online peer support sessions for charity sector leaders
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding |
| £20,000 |
28/04/2021
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The Institute for Voluntary Action Research is an independent charity that works closely with people and organisations striving for social change. They use research to develop practical responses to
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The Institute for Voluntary Action Research is an independent charity that works closely with people and organisations striving for social change. They use research to develop practical responses to the challenges faced by organisations and create opportunities for people to learn from their findings. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding |
| £10,000 |
30/09/2020
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Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
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| Tudor Trust - Grant to IVAR Institute for Voluntary Action Research (COVID19 Grant) |
| £10,000 |
25/09/2020
6 |
over six months as continuation funding towards the running costs of peer support webinars for charity sector leaders in response to the Coronavirus outbreak
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £10,000 |
14/09/2020
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Towards Project costs Towards creating and supporting safe spaces for stressed leaders to talk, exchange views and receive support and affirmation, and distilling what it heard to help develop
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Towards Project costs Towards creating and supporting safe spaces for stressed leaders to talk, exchange views and receive support and affirmation, and distilling what it heard to help develop appropriate ways of listening and supporting.
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| John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £4,500 |
21/04/2020
12 |
COVID-19 Response: Supporting Leaders
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| Pears Foundation - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £60,000 |
17/04/2020
12 |
Core funding and COVID19 Emergency Response Initiative
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding |
| £20,000 |
16/04/2020
3 |
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
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| Tudor Trust - Grant to IVAR Institute for Voluntary Action Research (COVID19 Grant) |
| £20,000 |
15/04/2020
6 |
over six months towards the running costs of peer support webinars for charity sector leaders in response to the Coronavirus outbreak
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £20,000 |
14/04/2020
6 |
Towards IVAR's COVID-19 emergency support offer to create a safe space for stressed charity leaders to talk, exchange views and receive support and affirmation and to distil this learning to help
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Towards IVAR's COVID-19 emergency support offer to create a safe space for stressed charity leaders to talk, exchange views and receive support and affirmation and to distil this learning to help funders develop appropriate ways to listen and support
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| Tudor Trust - Grant to IVAR Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £300,000 |
17/03/2020
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over five years as continuation funding towards the core costs of an organisation which supports the sustainability of smaller organisations striving for social change
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £300,000 |
13/02/2020
60 |
Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation that strengthens voluntary and community sector organisations and management using research, organisational capacity building and policy work.
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting a thriving civil society |
| £250,000 |
23/09/2019
60 |
Core funding to provide research, evidence and learning to support organisations working for social change to make informed decisions and develop practical responses to the challenges they face.
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Helping to make tech imaginable and usable: Phase Two |
| £6,000 |
23/09/2019
10 |
To enhance and improve support and funding practices for the use of tech by small voluntary organisations.
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| Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) |
| £6,000 |
27/08/2019
12 |
IVAR are developing two research studies that seek to further the sector’s knowledge of challenges and opportunities facing small charities. The first seeks to help to make technology imaginable
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IVAR are developing two research studies that seek to further the sector’s knowledge of challenges and opportunities facing small charities. The first seeks to help to make technology imaginable and usable for small voluntary and community organisations (VCOs). The second seeks to understand barriers and opportunities for small charities to undertake advocacy at a local or national level – shaping, changing and challenging practice.
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| Tudor Trust - Grant to IVAR Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £15,800 |
16/08/2019
12 |
over one year towards research into what Northumbria University's work on funding and commissioning in complexity means for voluntary and community sector organisations
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| Tudor Trust - Grant to IVAR Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £6,000 |
14/08/2019
12 |
over one year towards the second phase of research with CAST into making tech imaginable and usable for small voluntary organisations
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £6,000 |
30/06/2019
12 |
Towards the project costs of a study into case studies of the use of technology by small organisations in the charity sector.
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| Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) |
| £14,000 |
09/11/2018
12 |
To fund 2 research projects around digital and advocacy for small charities to further the sector's knowledge of challenges and opportunities facing small charities
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| Barrow Cadbury Trust - Shaping, changing and challenging practice |
| £5,000 |
11/10/2018
9 |
A contribution towards a research study on small charities and advocacy
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| Barrow Cadbury Trust - Evaluation Roundtable 2019 |
| £3,000 |
11/10/2018
6 |
To support cross-funder learning through a fourth UK Evaluation Roundtable
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| National Lottery Community Fund - Small charities & advocacy |
| £10,000 |
05/10/2018
12 |
The project will carry out a research study into voluntary and community organisations. The aim is to engage service users and support the work being carried out by these groups.
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| The Baring Foundation - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £5,000 |
17/09/2018
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To undertake a research study on small charities and advocacy.
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Helping to make Tech imaginable/usable for small voluntary organisations |
| £7,000 |
03/08/2018
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IVAR is an independent charity that works closely with people and organisations striving for social change. This grant will support an exploratory study on how tech can be used to help make services
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IVAR is an independent charity that works closely with people and organisations striving for social change. This grant will support an exploratory study on how tech can be used to help make services relevant, accessible and efficient for small, voluntary organisations.
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| Tudor Trust - Grant to IVAR Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £7,000 |
09/07/2018
12 |
over one year towards an action research project looking at tech for small voluntary organisations
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £7,000 |
04/07/2018
6 |
Towards research into role of philanthropy into making tech imaginable and usable for small voluntary organisations
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| National Lottery Community Fund - Building Health Partnerships (BHP) |
| £273,000 |
11/05/2018
35 |
Building Health Partnerships (BHP)
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - UK Evaluation Roundtable (ERT) |
| £40,000 |
10/05/2018
28 |
IVAR is an independent charity that works closely with people and organisations striving for social change. This grant will support an exploratory study on how tech can be used to help make services
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IVAR is an independent charity that works closely with people and organisations striving for social change. This grant will support an exploratory study on how tech can be used to help make services relevant, accessible and efficient for small, voluntary organisations.
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| Pears Foundation - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £58,125 |
12/12/2017
36 |
Pears #iwill Fund: Learning Partner
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| Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) |
| £4,500 |
19/07/2017
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Contribution to the costs of the Recession Watch Revisited
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| Pears Foundation - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £75,000 |
07/07/2017
36 |
Core funding
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| Barrow Cadbury Trust - Evaluation Roundtable 2017 |
| £3,000 |
18/01/2017
9 |
A contribution towards IVAR's 2017 Evaluation Roundtable for funders
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| Power to Change - Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £5,000 |
20/12/2016
6 |
Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Contribution to the third cycle of the UK Evaluation Roundtable |
| £15,000 |
19/12/2016
15 |
Background research; coordination of convening for staff from 30-35 UK foundations; follow up support work and production of a practical resource to improve approaches to, and systems for, strategic
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Background research; coordination of convening for staff from 30-35 UK foundations; follow up support work and production of a practical resource to improve approaches to, and systems for, strategic learning within UK foundations and across their work with each other and grantees.
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| Pears Foundation - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £21,700 |
01/08/2016
24 |
NYSAF Evaluation
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| Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) |
| £5,000 |
13/07/2016
12 |
To support phase two of a historical review of funding for ‘place-based’ initiatives.
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| Barrow Cadbury Trust - Charities and social investment |
| £10,000 |
19/08/2015
9 |
To part-fund a research project into the experiences of small and medium sized charities in relation to social investment
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Evaluation Round Table |
| £5,000 |
02/07/2015
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The Evaluation Roundtable is an informal network of foundation leaders in evaluation that seeks to improve how foundations assess their performance and learn so that they can improve their results.
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The Evaluation Roundtable is an informal network of foundation leaders in evaluation that seeks to improve how foundations assess their performance and learn so that they can improve their results. IVAR leads the Roundtable in the UK and worked with the Center for Evaluation Innovation in the US to convene the inaugural gathering in the UK, in March 2014. The second convening will take place in September 2015 and this grant will contribute to the research to be discussed at the convening and the follow up reports and their dissemination.
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| Barrow Cadbury Trust - Evaluation Roundtable 2015 |
| £3,000 |
12/06/2015
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To support the running of IVAR's Evaluation Roundtable and allied activities in 2015
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| Lankelly Chase Foundation - Research on Place |
| £5,000 |
01/04/2015
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To explore and understand the role foundations can and are playing in 'place=based' work.
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| Tudor Trust - Grant to IVAR Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £3,500 |
24/03/2015
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over one year towards a research project into place-based funding across the UK
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| Barrow Cadbury Trust - Evaluation of Barrow Cadbury Trust 2015 |
| £19,200 |
21/01/2015
3 |
To evaluate the impact of the Trust's work
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| Tudor Trust - Grant to IVAR Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £275,000 |
14/01/2015
60 |
over five years as continuation funding towards the core costs of a charity which supports the sustainability of small organisations within the voluntary and community sector
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £325,000 |
05/01/2015
60 |
Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation that strengthens voluntary and community sector organisations and management using action research.
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| Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) |
| £129,000 |
26/11/2014
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Core costs to support IVAR's operations
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £90,000 |
13/06/2012
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Towards core costs to support the development and sustainability of voluntary organisations through research, training and education.
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £16,000 |
06/09/2011
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Towards Recession Watch, a realtime learning project for trusts and foundations.
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Institute for Voluntary Action Research |
| £40,000 |
07/10/2009
24 |
Towards Unrestricted core costs Towards core costs and the director's salary.
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