Institute of Grants Management
The Institute of Grants Management (IGM) is your hub for tools, research, innovation, and professional development for grantmakers.
IGM, an Our Community enterprise, is our vehicle for sharing our expertise in grants management gained from more than two decades working with grantmakers and grantees.
Our sibling enterprise, SmartyGrants (also part of the Our Community Group), is your vehicle for operationalising those good practices – find out more about our software.
Useful resources
Expert guidance
Whitepapers
Learning Pathways:
Audience: New grant officers/admin staff
Core processes and inclusion basics
Audience: Program/policy officers
Equitable, needs-based, measurable programs
Audience: Senior officers/managers
Portfolio planning, policy alignment
Audience: Directors / MEL leads
Outcomes focus, evaluation, adaptive learning
Learning Pathways for Grantmakers
Build capability across the nine stages of the grantmaking lifecycle and 24 templates to guide grantmakers to success
Grantmaking Research
Data for social good
Explore R&D projects, frameworks and case studies from the Innovation Lab, including CLASSIE/CLASSIEfier guidance, ethics work, and capability-building resources.
Our unique mix of social sector and grantmaking experts, experienced developers, and data specialists mean the Innovation Lab team is able to work on revolutionary initiatives designed to change the social sector for good. Read more.
This framework reflects our experience working with hundreds of grantmakers across Australia and New Zealand who use SmartyGrants, from small community foundations to larger philanthropic foundations, corporate funders and all levels of government – each keen to understand and measure the impact of their funding programs. Read more.
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