Fun, sociable and team focused events are all the rage this spring! 🌸 Enthuse’s latest Donor Pulse report has uncovered that being part of a team is the most motivating factor for 40% of people thin...
Hello. I am heading a newly registered Non Profit Organisation in Zimbabwe called Sheltered Pregnancy Organisation. The organisation takes care of pregnant and destitute women and girls. We provide...
Hi, we are trying to construct a building for a Laparoscopic Robotic Surgery Training centre. We have battled to get planning permission for the site. It is private land and the owner of the land is...
I'm looking for advice on how to draft a letter to potential sponsors and donors. Any help would be much appreciated, thank you.
Hi , Are any new funders for 2024 dealing with poverty and homelessness ? Thanks
Hi everyone, hope you are all well! I'm new to the platform but would love some help with Terms of Reference for a new Development Board I would like to start. I have been researching and have some...
We have the opportunity to purchase instead of lease, the site that we currently run our dog and cat rescue from. We have had a RICS valuation, and are going to talk to a bank and solicitor next week...
Hi all, I wonder if anyone has had any experiences with philanthropic loans from their communities for larger projects? Julia Davies pointed me in the direction of her resources at https://wehavet...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm interested to learn how others record & allocate major donor gifts. For example if an existing major donor made a...
Hi, prospect researcher here. Does anyone have any identifying criteria they look for when looking for prospects in Europe? Does it change when looking at a wider market especially when looking for h...
We run a small charity which supports asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants in Halton (Widnes and Runcorn). We are all volunteers. We have some ring-fenced funding and unrestricted donatio...
Hi all, I am a UK national living in South Africa and wondered if anyone knows of any charities or even businesses that would support a dog and horse shelter in Cape Town? Thanks, Helen.
Hello Does anyone have any experience of using Microsoft 365 Dynamic to manage donors, volunteers and other relationships and would be willing to have a chat with me, or discuss in a thread here? Dav...
Hi all I wondered if anyone has any recommendations of suppliers they worked with for branded charity cheques, the large ones that you can use for a cheque presentation? Thanks
Hi, I am a freelance grant and proposal writer. I am new to Charity Connect and to the nonprofit/charity sector in the UK. Does anyone know if there is a recent (post-pandemic) report about the nonp...
Hello all you lovely people. I wrote a post a few weeks back enquiring about wealth screening. I've since had a discussion with the lovely people at Prospecting for Gold, but my Exec Director feels...
Hey team! Hope everyone is having a great Monday :) I'm in the stages of researching wealth screening with the hope to undertake one for my organisation... We have a small but loyal supporter base a...
Hi folks. Does anyone know standard practice (is there such a thing?) when applying to a donor who is happy to be a first funder and can give up to 50% max. It's up to 3 years and we've a positive r...
Hi All, Any suggestions on this. I am currently trying to find out if it is possible to get sponsorship to put in place a text to speech audio package for our website and microsites that would make...
We opened a school in Mozambique for children with autism just before covid-19 and now we looking for sponsors willing to work with us.
Fellow fundraisers, I am currently looking into potential funders for a capital project in excess of £10,000. We are a suicide-prevention charity based in London and our income is just above the £1,0...
We're looking to get some solar panels for our small office in Sierra Leone in an effort to move away from using a generator - a much more sustainable approach! We estimate it is about £5-7k to achie...
Hi everyone, I'm doing a bit of research into charities that have used 'premium donations'. I'm trying to get examples from when other charities may have done this, the type of 'gifts' that were bee...
500+ new funders uploaded over Easter. Now 140 core funders and 383 links to other free funding databases and specialist funder lists, giving you click through to a huge range of funders, UK and glob...
Hi all! We've recently received a string of very erratic donations from a donor who is completely new to us; I was wondering if anyone has dealt with this kind of behaviour before? The donor's first...
Counter intuitive as it may seem, the pandemic has actually made 6m people better off. Is this something you've seen and how might charities best respond to this opportunity? https://www.bbc.co.u...
With Funding Central closing soon, many will lose their only source of free funding searches, just when we really need to find more funding. What tips and advice do you have to help people? Here's m...
It’s Blue Monday, so to cheer you up, Funding Finder has launched – 290+ links to other free funding finders, plus 110+ core funders and the latest Covid funders. Free, searchable and updated weekly...
I uploaded 85 additional core funders into the free Charity Excellence funder database yesterday, plus 19 new funders and a new funder list. Total core funders now 100, searchable by category and loc...
I am working with a small advocacy charity in Birmingham. They need to raise more unearmarked income. They are successful in trust fundraising for earmarked. They don't have a donor base. Any ideas...
One important source of funding often overlooked by charities, but potentially of great value now, is that of major donors or high net worth individuals. But how do you go about identifying who might...
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