Grant Seeking

Third Sector magazine (http://thirdsector.co.uk) recently published an article on Hugh Davidson, and the H&S Davidson Trust.

Alyas Khan, CEO of FundraisingExperts.co.uk and Emica Consulting shares his top 10 tips for increasing funding success when preparing funding bids.

1. Follow the funders criteria:

Last week, Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland announced a return to its core business - grantmaking. Hurrah!

You can now monitor the progress of GuideStar programmes around the world through the GuideStar Google map. Background information is provided for each country.

I was researching grantmaking trusts last week and when I checked up on some newly registered trusts, I came across the website of Dorset Community Action (www.dorsetcommunityaction.org.uk).

Why do grant-makers:

1. prefer innovation to ‘tried and trusted’,
2. then decline truly innovative projects because the results are uncertain,

I occasionally write a blog on the development of charity registers around the world, often based on news I glean from GuideStar.

GuideStar Korea has posted basic information about 3,355 “Public Service Corporations” on the GuideStar Korea website. The information was obtained from the National Tax Service (NTS) website.

The demise of a grantmaking trust is not usually a good sign, but the imminent closure of the Anglo-German Foundation is indeed a positive development.

As if the current recession was not tough enough already for trust fundraisers, the threat to the Lloyds TSB Foundations and the winding up of the J. Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust sound an altogether more worrying note for charities that rely on trusts.