Open and Trusting grant making
We strive to make our grant making processes better each year. Here’s how.
Our commitments to applicants and grant holders
We want our processes to work for all. We want to ensure our approach is relational and our processes are accessible and easy to navigate, particularly for people from communities who have faced barriers to funding. We do this by:
- Demonstrating our commitment to IVAR’s Open and Trusting grant making principles by showing the actions we take to improve our practices.
- Asking people about their experience of Corra through an annual applicant and grant holder experience survey.
- Regularly reporting progress on our own delivery. This includes making our grant-making processes easier and fairer.
You can provide feedback at anytime about how we work by contacting our Head of Learning and Development, emailing learning@corra.scot. Read on for our Open and Trusting commitments, statistics from the most recent year’s surveys, and the 2023-24 Open & Trusting report.
About our Open and Trusting grant making commitments
We will not waste your time
We will provide all the necessary information on our website on funding priorities, application guidance and key dates.
We will make it easier for you to ask questions either about a specific programme or general funding advice.
We will act with urgency
We will only ask relevant questions
We will accept our share of risk
We will be realistic about how much assurance applicants can reasonably give us.
We will make sure our risk measures andre proportionate to the size of the grants.
We will be transparent about our decisions
We publish our grant information on 360 Giving.
We will provide an annual update on average grant size and success rates.
Enable grant holders to respond flexibly to changing priorities and needs
We make our funding as flexible as possible.
Wherever we can, we provide unrestricted funding.
Be clear about our relationship from the start
We will always value your time and ensure our ongoing relationship is helpful.
We will be upfront and clear in our communication with grantholders.
We will commit to light-touch reporting
Average grant size
- Overall success rate 59%
- Applicants with income under £250k (62%)
- Applicants with income between £250k – £1m (63%)
- Applicants with income over £1m (58%)
Applicant success rate
- Overall success rate 59%
- Applicants with income under £250k (62%)
- Applicants with income between £250k – £1m (63%)
- Applicants with income over £1m (58%)
Read the latest Open and Trusting Grant Making Report
We report on our progress against these principles each year. Highlights from 2023-24:
- Working hard to ensure closing dates align more to applicant needs.
- Providing more advice and guidance before filling in lengthy application forms.
- Sharing good funding practices with partners.
Read the full 2023-24 Open and Trusting report here.