Trust Fundraising 101: Understanding the UK Funding Landscape
Trust fundraising offers charities a significant income opportunity — but success requires more than having a worthy cause. Stacey Teece walks through the landscape, the key players, and the approach that gives new trust fundraisers the strongest possible start.
Why Trust Fundraisers Must Be Involved in Project Design
When trust fundraisers are brought in at the last minute, applications suffer. Stacey Teece makes the case for involving fundraisers in project design from the outset — and explains why the charities that do this consistently raise more from trusts.
Trust Fundraising Myths Debunked
We speak to charities every day about fundraising from trusts & foundations. There are some key themes that emerge time and again – misunderstandings about grant-makers, their purpose, their requirements – and we want to set the record straight by airing these trust fundraising myths and explaining the truth instead.
Engaging Major Donors Well: Who, What and How
Major donor fundraising is not as tricky as you might think and it is the one way of fundraising that works regardless of your organisation’s size or cause area and it can be set up on a shoestring budget – as long as it done well. There is no charity that can afford to not consider this area of fundraising.
Trust Fundraising: A £4 Billion Opportunity
In the UK, close to 10,000 charitable trusts grant over £4 billion per year to good causes. Many organisations have found that this can be a reliable and steady stream of income.
6 Essentials for a Successful Major Donor Programme
We are often asked what needs to be in place for successful major donor fundraising, to which the answer varies depending on the charity. However, there are 6 generally accepted fundamental factors (I don’t claim to have invented these!), which should act as the core of your major donor programme