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The free, easy to use Charity Excellence Framework, enables you to improve fundraising effectiveness and find more funders.
Health check your fundraising in 30 mins, with access to free resources, support and opportunities. Including the only comprehensive UK COVID19 funder database, 50 funder lists, 100+ free funding finders, and fundraising tools and guides. Everything is free.
‘The funding problem is broken down into logical problem areas that can be clearly seen, identified, in the organisation and acted upon’. Takeover Radio Children's Media Trust
Charitable Trust & Foundation Grant Lists
The CEF COVID19 Funder database enables you to search by category and click through to 1000s of funder websites.
The income questionnaire includes downloads for 50 trust and foundation grant funder lists, including core funding, and 100+ free UK and international funding finders. Here’s a list of all of them
“So much information – it’s a wonderful support to ensure we are doing our best.” Clarity North Devon
Fundraising Tools, Guides & Resources
The CEF is the largest resource base in the charity sector, with links to resources on every aspect of fundraising.
"Fantastic resources." Anam Cara Fasgadh
- How to find new sources of funding
- Due Diligence
- Project Proposal Evaluation
- Writing a compelling case for support
- 4 steps to funding bid success
- Christmas Fundraising
- Muslims and fundraising
- Why and how to engage a freelancer
- How to engage trustees in fundraising
- Practical ideas to engage trustees in fundraising
- Gift Aid and how to claim it
- New Grant Makers 2020
Online Funding Finders & Fundraising Websites
The CEF Income questionnaire has 2 free funding finder downloads, the UK and international, with a total of 100+ free funding finders and guides on how to use UK and US Government databases to find funders. The fundraising website download has links to 70+ fundraising platforms.
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Or follow your favourite funders. Here are some of the big ones - @BigLotteryFund, @esmeefairbairn, @LBFEW, @comicrelief, @GarfieldWFdn, @BBCCiN, @wolfsonfdn, @SRausingTrust, @phf_uk, @thetudortrust, @RankFoundation.