GRANTMAKING MANIFESTO - Our Community

• Grantmakers should ensure that the process ofgrantmaking is fair, unbiased, and transparent.Grantmakers should not simply follow the rulesthemselves, they should ensure that the systemas a whole conforms to its stated policies, andthat those policies are transparent.• Grantmakers should have in place recognisedprocedures to manage conflict of interest (andthe appearance of conflict of interest) throughdisclosure of interests and/or withdrawal fromdeliberations.Clear and enforceable systems should bedocumented, publicised, and adhered to.The AIGM’s Grantmaking Toolkit is an exampleof a best practice resource for building orimproving your grants program manual.• Grantmakers should respect confidentialityand privacy.Grantmakers should recognise the creativetension between legitimate interests in bothprivacy and public scrutiny.• Grantmakers should clearly articulate –and live – their values and principles.Rules will never be sufficient by themselvesto ensure optimum outcomes; only anorganisational culture based on sharedvalues and principles can do that.Grantmaking Manifesto: Australian Institute of Grants Management 15