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