Handmade Fundraising

Getting in front of invite-only funders starts long before they open applications. Find out where your gaps are.

Foundations are drowning in applications. Many have stopped accepting them altogether.

"We only fund organisations we know." That line is appearing on more and more funder websites.

And even open application funders think the same way. When hundreds of proposals land in their inbox, the organisations they've already heard of get shortlisted first.

Three gaps keep most charities off funders' radars entirely. Invite-only or not.

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