What is in this report?
This report summarizes research among charities and how they feel about the fundraising process. It offers insights for how governments, grant-making foundations, companies, and citizens can help reduce the pain-points which charities experience.
What are the 3 major takeaways?
- Fundraising from institutional funders is challenging and difficult:
- It is challenging for charities to find interested donors
- The main funders (e.g. Grant-markers) are not easy to deal with
- ‘Timeliness’ was a weakness
- The (smaller) charities lack resources and skills to easily succeed at fundraising.
- Funders are not seen to be interested in funding charities’ greatest needs.