Assessing the collective impact of the UK Community Foundation network
“By 2019 UK Community Foundations had, collectively, granted over £1 billion over the lifetime of the network to local voluntary and community sector organisations. Taken together, the network is currently the fourth largest grant-maker in the UK. This singular achievement, alongside the sustainability granted by a total combined endowment of over £690 million, might persuade many of the ultimate success of Community Foundations in the UK. But are these financial measures the only parameters of success for Community Foundations? If not, then by what additional yardsticks should we judge the collective impact and added social value of UK Community Foundations?”
The value and impact of the UK Community Foundation network
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The Researchery set out to assess the impact Community Foundations have on the communities they serve. How this impact is measured, assessed and portrayed viewed by Community Foundations; and whether a sense of the collective impact of the UK Community Foundation network is possible. The report reviews the evidence collected by Community Foundations, both individually and collectively, and finds that while definitions of impact vary across the UK Community Foundation network there are many commonalities which allow a degree of collective impact to be measured.
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Highlights include:
Over 15,000 people give in a significant way through Community Foundations
107 new endowment funds were established in 2019
£58 million was gifted into endowment funds in 2019
£14.7 million was distributed by Community Foundations through national programmes on behalf of eight different partners (including government)
There were 4,829 funds under management by Community Foundations in 2019
Nearly 1 million beneficiaries potentially benefited from funding that came through Community Foundations in 2019
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