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Private Foundations House of Commons International Development Committee Private Foundations Thirteenth Report of Session 2010–12 Volume II Additional written evidence Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 11 January 2012 Published on 20 January 2012 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited The International Development Committee The International Development Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Office of the Secretary of State for International Development. Current membership Rt Hon Malcolm Bruce MP (Liberal Democrat, Gordon) (Chairman) Hugh Bayley MP (Labour, City of York) Richard Burden MP (Labour, Birmingham, Northfield) Mr Sam Gyimah MP (Conservative, East Surrey) Richard Harrington MP (Conservative, Watford) Pauline Latham MP (Conservative, Mid Derbyshire) Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative, Stafford) Mr Michael McCann MP (Labour, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) Alison McGovern MP (Labour, Wirral South) Anas Sarwar MP (Labour, Glasgow Central) Chris White MP (Conservative, Warwick and Leamington) The following members were also members of the committee during the parliament: Mr Russell Brown MP (Labour, Dumfries, Galloway) Mr James Clappison MP (Conservative, Hertsmere) Ann McKechin MP (Labour, Glasgow North) Powers The committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 152. These are available on the internet via www.parliament.uk. Publications The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the internet at www.parliament.uk/parliament.uk/indcom. A list of Reports of the Committee in the present Parliament is at the back of this volume. The Reports of the Committee, the formal minutes relating to that report, oral evidence taken and some or all written evidence are available in a printed volume. Additional written evidence may be published on the internet only. Committee staff The current staff of the Committee are David Harrison (Clerk), Marek Kubala (Second Clerk), Anna Dickson (Committee Specialist), Chlöe Challender (Committee Specialist), Anita Fuki (Senior Committee Assistant), Vanessa Hallinan (Committee Assistant), Paul Hampson (Committee Support Assistant) and Nicholas Davies (Media Officer). Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the International Development Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 1234; the Committee’s email address is [email protected] Private Foundations List of additional written evidence (published in Volume II on the Committee’s website www.parliament.uk/indcom) 1 Baring Foundation Ev w1 2 Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy (CGAP) Ev w4 3 Comic Relief Ev w12 4 Development Initiatives Ev w14 5 International Institute for Environment and Development Ev w18 6 John Ellerman Foundation Ev w22 7 Matthew Bishop and Michael Green Ev w23 8 Omidyar Network Ev w26 9 ONE Ev w33 10 Shell Foundation Ev w36 11 UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS) Ev w40 12 Wellcome Trust Ev w41 13 World Bank Ev w43 cobber Pack: U PL: CWE1 [SO] Processed: [13-01-2012 16:23] Job: 016525 Unit: PG01 International Development Committee: Evidence Ev w1 Written evidence Written evidence submitted by the Baring Foundation 1. Summary 1.1 The Baring Foundation, in partnership with the John Ellerman Foundation, has given £7 million in the last 10 years mainly in large grants to UK organisations working with African NGOs on forced displacement. Much effort has been put into learning from this programme. 1.2 Private foundations play a significant role in providing flexible and innovative funding largely to UK INGOs valued at more than £250 million per year. A number of foundations have developed considerable expertise in this field and are important players. Foundations are a very diverse group with different interests and objectives. 1.3 The independence of foundations allows them to fund in ways not open to public funders in terms of style and topic. Greater dialogue between foundations and DFID as two major sources for charities of funds, should be encouraged while recognising that the ecology of international development is richer for their differing roles. 2. The Baring Foundation and International Development 2.1 The Baring Foundation 2.1.1 The Foundation was created in 1969 by Baring Bros. Bank. It has existed independently since the collapse of Baring Bros in 1995, drawing on an endowment for resources. The Foundation has given over £100 million since its inception and generally makes grants totalling £2–3 million per year. The purpose of the Foundation is to overcome disadvantage and discrimination by supporting the effectiveness of civil society. 2.1.2 The Foundation has been fortunate in attracting trustees with highly successful careers, in a range of areas, from banking to the voluntary sector and international development. A team of five staff work on three grants programmes, including international development, as well as several smaller special initiatives. Staff are supported by expert advisers. 2.1.3 The Foundation seeks to bring its modest resources to bear on niche and neglected areas combining direct grant making with adding value to these grants through research and policy development. In addition to international development our areas of interest at the moment include the arts and older people, the independent advice sector, the role of the non-environmental voluntary sector on climate change and intercultural dialogue. 2.2 Our Joint Grants Programme on International Development 2.2.1 The Foundation has funded NGOs working on international development from our inception. In 2001 this approach was overhauled to create the current model: — A two stage annual grant making cycle, usually attracting 50 applicants and making around five grants. — Substantial grants of up to £250,000 to be spent over up to five years. — Funding is for work on forced displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa. — Grants are given to partnerships between UN INGOs and African NGOs or CBOs. — Funding is for building the capacity or organisational effectiveness of the grantees chosen. 2.2.2 In 2004, the Foundation entered into a partnership with the John Ellerman Foundation on this programme. The Baring Foundation contributes £666,000 per year, administering and managing the process, with the John Ellerman Foundation adding £334,000. The partnership has been very successful with trustees from both organisations coming together to form a joint grant making committee. The arrangement is governed by an annually renewed Memorandum of Understanding. 2.2.3 Here are some examples of recent grants to bring the programme to life: — The Minority Rights Group has successfully supported the End0rois community in Kenya to raise a historic challenge through the African Union to their displacement to create a game park. — The Trust for Africa’s Orphans has worked in Northern Uganda educating widows and orphans on land rights and using the law courts as well as traditional mediation processes to regain lands for farming. — The Rainforest Foundation worked with forest peoples in several countries around the Great Lakes. In the Congo this resulted in changing logging legislation and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a successful challenge to the World Bank’s Operational Policies stopped logging in one region. — Skills for Southern Sudan has been training local people in how to develop Community Based Organisations in remote districts in this fledging nation. cobber Pack: U PL: CWE1 [E] Processed: [13-01-2012 16:23] Job: 016525 Unit: PG01 Ev w2 International Development Committee: Evidence — Children In Crisis has worked to improve the performance of primary schools in a particularly isolated part of the Eastern Plateau of the DRC. 2.2.4 Since 2001, the Foundation has made 42 grants of which 38 are for work in Africa. Nine grants are currently active. This amounts to a total of £7 million, of which £2 million comes from the John Ellerman Foundation. This money has benefitted work in 27 African countries. Uganda has received more grants than any other country—six. As shown by the case studies above not only has the geographical distribution been wide but also the range of activities. This has included educational improvement, agriculture, livelihood development, child soldier reintegration, advocacy and legislative challenge, livelihood development and rights work especially on land rights and gender equality. 2.2.5 Learning 2.2.5.1 The Foundation places a high value on learning from the grants that we make. This is for a number of purposes: to allow us to make better grants; to encourage better grant making among other funders and critically to improve the performance of the funded organisations. Key to this approach has been inception meetings with grantees to confirm their monitoring and evaluation plans. 2.2.5.2 In addition to annual self assessments by grantees, the Foudnation requires at least 5% of any grant to be spent on evaluation and for this to include an independent external evaluation conducted in the field which is published on our website. Annual field trips for staff and trustees are organised to visit at least some of the organisation that we fund. Workshops have been organised in London (2005) and Entebbe (2010) for all grantees. 2.2.5.3 Two reports, Filling Gaps and Making Spaces (2005) and Sitting on Chairs (2009) have sought to synthesise what we have learnt from our programme. At the request of our grantees we will be publishing a fuller account of the principles of our grant making approach next year. Some of the lessons cited in Sitting on Chairs regarding the challenges for UK INGOs capacity building Southern partners include: — The barrier of low literacy rates in some Civil Society Organisations.
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