The Executive Summary: The Part of Your Trust Proposal That Does the Heavy Lifting
The executive summary is often treated as an introduction. In practice, it is the part of your proposal that a funder reads most carefully, and sometimes the only part they read at all. Get five specific things right, in the right order, and your proposal stands a much stronger chance of getting the attention it deserves.
Why Good Trust Applications Still Fail, and What to Do About It
Most trust applications that fail aren't bad ones. They're good applications with fixable problems. Stacey Teece unpacks the most common patterns she sees — from describing activities instead of impact to sending applications in volume rather than with precision — and explains what small adjustments actually move the needle.