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Funder Pipeline Tracker

How do you record your grant pipeline if you haven’t got a fancy CRM? Our free Funder Pipeline Tracker helps you to record the status of your relationships with grant funders, so you can keep track of upcoming deadlines, next steps and projected income for different projects.

June 13, 2025David BurgessBlog SummaryTrust Fundraising

What’s Going On With Grant-Making in 2025?!

It’s no secret that grant-fundraising has changed in the last 18 months as funders adapt their ways of deciding who to support. So, what changes are they making and – more importantly – how should fundraisers adapt in order to succeed in this new funding landscape?

January 11, 2025David BurgessBlog SummaryTrust Fundraising

5 Top Tips for Writing Better Funding Proposals

A video showing five easy-to-implement ways you can improve your funding proposals to give them a better chance of success.

November 8, 2024David BurgessBlog Summary**Top Reads**, Trust Fundraising

The Most Memorable Funding Proposal I’ve Ever Read

If you’ve heard me talk about grant fundraising the chances are you’ve heard about the best proposal I’ve reviewed (so far!). This article – and bonus video – goes in to more detail about what makes it so good.

October 29, 2024David BurgessBlog Summary, Blogs**Top Reads**, Trust Fundraising

How do you compare?

When only 1 in 7 funding proposals can progress to the next round, how do you decide which 6 to bin? I share some observations from my time reviewing proposals. How do your proposals compare?

February 11, 2020David BurgessBlog SummaryTrust Fundraising
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Some Common Trust Issues – Part 2

We’ve run our popular Trusts Peer Review session at a number of conferences. Here are some lessons from the 2018 Arts Trust Fundraisers conference.

February 21, 2019David BurgessBlog SummaryTrust Fundraising

Three Fundraising Curses: Part One – The Curse of Knowledge

Have you ever read something been left with no idea what the writer was trying to say? If so, there’s a good chance that the author has been cursed! The first part of our Curses of Fundraising series explores The Curse of Knowledge and the steps you can take to ensure clever never gets in the way of clear.

February 20, 2019David BurgessBlog Summary, Homepage**Top Reads**, Arts Fundraising, Individual Giving, Trust Fundraising
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8 Tips for Improving your Funding Proposals

David shares some Top Tips for improving your funding applications.

November 13, 2017David BurgessBlog Summary, Blogs, Homepage**Top Reads**, Trust Fundraising

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