by FPR | Dec 4, 2025 | Blog
What we mean by feedback from grantees, and analysis of a foundation’s effectiveness Author: Caroline Fiennes, Giving Evidence. The Foundation Practice Rating includes criteria on feedback from grantees and on analysing a foundation’s own effectiveness. This... by FPR | Nov 24, 2025 | Blog
What we mean by ‘a Trustee recruitment policy’ This blog post is written by Caroline Fiennes, Giving Evidence One of the Foundation Practice Rating’s criteria is: Does the foundation publish its recruitment policy for board members? (It’s our question no. 57). This... by FPR | Sep 29, 2025 | Blog
Why the Foundation Practice Rating does not use AI to gather data about foundations This blog post is written by Caroline Fiennes, Giving Evidence The Foundation Practice Rating (FPR) does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to gather data about foundations because... 
by FPR | Aug 27, 2024 | Blog
FPR Year Four: Why we are adjusting the investment criteria In ShortThe Charity Commission for England and Wales has issued updated guidance about ‘investing charity money’. We know that other charity regulators apply in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The FPR is... by FPR | Nov 23, 2023 | Blog
What FPR means by analysis of a foundation’s effectiveness Author: Caroline Fiennes, Giving Evidence. One criterion in the Foundation Practice Rating asks whether foundations “publish any analysis of its own effectiveness (this is effectiveness of the... by FPR | Jun 29, 2023 | Blog
Our Sampling Method This article is written by Caroline Fiennes, Giving Evidence Why does the Foundation Practice Rating not rate the same foundations every year? The Foundation Practice Rating rates 100 UK charitable grant-making foundations each year on their...