Successful grant applications for churches | Church Fundraising

Successful grant applications for your church

07 July 2020

Trusts, foundations, and other grant funders are adapting their support in light of the pandemic, make your application stand out.

Trusts, foundations, and other grant funders are adapting their support in light of the impact of COVID-19. This webinar covers the current grant landscape, how to research grant funders and approaches to writing grant applications, looking at what churches can do to make their application stand out.

Giving top tips, practical advice and useful examples, the key questions answered include:

What do grant funders support?
How do I create a strong grant application?
Where do I look for funding and how do I organise my research?
How do I organise the timing of my project and grant application?
Who should I involve in the process of writing a grant application?

Webinar speaker

Philanthropy Company is a fundraising and philanthropy consultancy with over 18 years’ experience working with a range of churches, charities, organisations and non-profits.

Caroline Underwood OBE

Caroline Underwood = Philanthropy [image] Caroline leads the Philanthropy Company and is an expert in fundraising and philanthropy. With over 30 years’ experience in fundraising, she has worked at the highest levels with trustees, chiefs of industry, philanthropists and government leaders. She volunteers as a School Governor; for Unicef UK as Vice Chair as well as in her local community supporting her local church in Oxfordshire.

Caroline was awarded an OBE for charitable services in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honors.

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Successful grant applications for your church

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Successful grant applications for your church

Webinar speaker

Caroline Underwood OBE

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Top tips for diversifying your income

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Fundraising for your church's everyday costs

Measuring the success of your project

Digital fundraising and crowdfunding

Successful grant applications for your church

Top tips to continue fundraising for your church

Keeping your congregation and donors informed