In 2025, the Funder Safeguarding Collaborative (FSC) commissioned Accountable Now to conduct the most comprehensive study to date on how funders approach safeguarding across the grant cycle and which approaches deliver meaningful impact. Accountable Now gathered insights, information, and perspectives from funders, grantees, and non-affiliated professionals to inform the research — thank you to all who participated in the research. The final report “Safeguarding in Philanthropy: Safer grant-making for greater impact” covers key research findings and, through data-driven recommendations, and informs the co-creation of Safeguarding Practice Standards for Funders.
To learn more about how we are safeguarding participants and the project, please click here to review the safeguarding protocol. If you have a question about our work with the FSC, please contact our Head of Accountability Practices and Reporting, Bao Han Tran Le.
45,000+ organizations operating in 180+ countries are using the Global Standard to guide their work and put people at the heart of their accountability measures. Now, the 10 cohosts are working to review and refresh the Standard to ensure its fit for the future too. If you work in or with civil society, and believe our accountability practice should center the people we work for and with, we want to hear from you.
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