OGrants: “Each year, researchers and practitioners across disciplines submit thousands of proposals for grants and fellowships. Each proposal represents hours of labor and contains details about research plans, collaborators, biblographies, and past work. To make the funding process more transparent and to share the valuable contents of these proposals, an increasing number of researchers are sharing their grant proposals openly. An open repository of funding proposals will elevate their recognition as scholarly products, improve access for the public and other grant seekers, and bring transparency to this facet of the research process. This site documents efforts toward this goal, including documentation of current planning activities and a prototype database.”
Link to their grant data
Philanthropy Classification System (Candid): “The Philanthropy Classification System (PCS) is Candid’s (formerly Foundation Center and GuideStar) taxonomy, describing the work of grantmakers, recipient organizations and the philanthropic transactions between those entities. Candid’s Classification System is based on the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) and has been expanded over the last three decades to include the emerging work we have evidenced while capturing and indexing the work of the sector on a global scale.”
Philanthropy Data Commons: “The PDC is looking for partners who are aligned with the core principles and want to challenge the way the sector has historically perceived data and information. The next phase of the PDC is actively recruiting for:
Participants: Changemakers, funders, data and technology providers, and more who have an idea for a future use case (or would like to participate in one), are working on similar projects, have ideas for technological innovation, or who want to learn more.
Funders: While The MacArthur Foundation has committed to supporting the PDC for the next three to five years, a diversity in funders will help ensure its creation as a shared sector asset. The PDC is looking for potential funding partners who aim to support this movement and collaborate according to the core principles.”
Open Research Funders Group: “The Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) is a partnership of philanthropic organizations committed to the open sharing of research outputs and other forms of scholarship. Collectively, the ORFG members hold assets in excess of $255 billion, with total annual grantmaking in the $12 billion range.”
360Giving Data Standard (UK): “The 360Giving Data Standard is a uniform and consistent way to describe grantmaking data. It consists of a set of information fields that must be included when a grantmaking organisation shares grants data. Organisations publishing grant information using the Data Standard use the same formatting so the data can be easily understood, collated and compared by anyone. Data published using the 360Giving Data Standard can be located and ‘read’ easily by different applications and machines.”