getting funding from trusts: corinna hartwig
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by Corinna Hartwig@Funding Doctor
How to write your very own application for funding to
charitable trusts and foundation!
Writing a Trust Fund Letter
Overview of workshop:• Funding environment• What are trust funds/ foundations & where to
find them?• What makes a good letter – back to the
classroom!• Practical exercise• Fingers crossed and why have Plan B• Wrap up & questions
Funding Environment
1 voluntary organisation for every 400 people in UK
Funding Environment – you are not alone
Funding Environment –the funding mix
Asking Earning
Grant FundingGift economy Structured Market Open Market
Donor Funder Purchaser Consumer
What are trusts & foundations?
Trusts and foundations26,600
Trusts and foundations which don’t make grants 11,700
Trusts & foundations which make grants
Grant making charities28,700
Trusts & foundations – what is their purpose?
The different trusts & foundations
What do they fund?
Trusts and foundations like to fund what government does not fund:
New methods of tackling problems; Disadvantaged and minority groups that face barriers in
accessing services, or which have inadequate access to services;
Responses to new or newly discovered needs and problems; Work which is hard to finance through conventional
fundraising; One-off purchases or projects; Short- and medium-term work which is likely to bring a long-
term benefit and/or to attract long-term funding from elsewhere.
What are pros of applying to a trustor foundation?
For larger funders there is not much difference with grants from public sector funding (i.e. government)
Today we concentrate on smaller trusts and foundations:Simple procedures Flexible about what they can fund Wide range of interests Often prepared to fund something new and untried Often prepared to fund more unpopular causes
What’s the downside of applyingto smaller trusts and foundations?
• Extensive research for appropriate fund• Timing (some meet only twice a year)• Lack of feedback & advice• Few give large grants (tends to be £100s
rather than £1000s). • Most are too small to fund salaries• Most fund CHARITIES only or organisations
which are accepted as charitable e.g. churches
Trusts & foundations – where to find them
What makes a good letter?
Tell a Story
Research and relationships
USP – what makes your project different
Specifics
Timing+ Who, what, why, when & how
What makes a good letter?Your story
What makes a good letter?VCOP Vocabulary, connectives, openers & punctuation
What makes a good letter?Specifics – Needs & Outcomes
What makes a good letter?Timing and other tips
Practical Excercise
Practical Excercise
Project costs
Item Supplier Costs (incl. VAT) paid for/donated For Grant
Village Entry Gate costs Fencing & Gate Supplier £ 4,000.00 £2,000.00
Village Entry Gate part funding Local Council £ - £ 2,000.00 Banner 4x design volunteered time £ - £ 50.00 print Universal Signs £ 240.00 £ 240.00 Posters A4 200x design volunteered time £ - £0.00 print Minuteman Press £ 43.20 £ - £ 43.20 Leaflets 1000x design volunteered time £ - Minuteman Press £ 80.00 £ 80.00
Hi Vis Jackets (50xkids) kidshivis.co.uk £199.50 £199.50 Cllr Locality Budget £ 199.50
Hi Vis Jackets (30xadults) kidshivis.co.uk £ 134.70 £134.70 Cllr Locality Budget £ 134.70
Reflective badges(50x) co-op funeralcare £ 23.00 £ 23.00 £0.00Volunteer time pre-event 23h @ 6.31 £ 149.13 £ 149.13 £0.00 during event 20h @ 6.31 £ 126.20 £ 126.20 £0.00 Design equivalent £ 175.00 £ 175.00 £0.00
£ 5,170.73 £ 2,807.53 £2,747.40
Funding Environment –the funding mix
Asking Earning
Grant FundingGift economy Structured Market Open Market
Donor Funder Purchaser Consumer
Wrap up and question time
Enjoy and thank youCorinna Hartwig
@FundingDoctorwww.fundingdoctor.co.uk
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