{"id":253,"date":"2017-03-17T17:48:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T17:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/?p=253"},"modified":"2017-03-17T17:48:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T17:48:53","slug":"getting-to-the-core-funding-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/?p=253","title":{"rendered":"Getting to the core funding problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"apple-core\"<\/a>One of the questions I am most often asked by charities and other organisations is how they can cover their core costs.<\/p>\n

There are, of course, \u00a0individuals and trusts who do\u00a0prioritise their support\u00a0for day to day running costs, recognising that\u00a0these are vital to the broader work that you do.\u00a0 However, it is fair to say that such\u00a0funders are rare, with most preferring to fund ‘front line’ or ‘new’ work.<\/p>\n

This can\u00a0be very frustrating, after all, how can you possibly do all the things you want to\u00a0if you can’t even pay the phone bill or\u00a0buy a PC for example?<\/p>\n

The problem\u00a0 is not new and , don’t panic, there are ways that will help you address it.\u00a0 Here are three concepts that may help:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0Take time for Donor engagement<\/strong>.\u00a0 Just because most donors may seem initially reluctant to cover\u00a0such costs does not mean no donors ever will.\u00a0\u00a0Talk to your key supporters about the problem and ask them if they can help.<\/li>\n
  2. Aim for Full cost recovery<\/strong>.\u00a0 Think about including\u00a0an element of these costs in fundraising applications for each of your \u00a0projects, after all you need things like light and heat in the building to do the exciting and worthwhile things you do.<\/li>\n
  3. Explore opportunities for Income generation<\/strong>.\u00a0 Could your projects or activities generate part or all the revenue they need or could you start a\u00a0 business that could produce unrestricted income?\u00a0 You may be surprised how much people will pay for what you can offer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you would like to talk about how your charity or organisation can raise\u00a0more core funding, do get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    One of the questions I am most often asked by charities and other organisations is how they can cover their core costs. There are, of course, \u00a0individuals and trusts who do\u00a0prioritise their support\u00a0for day to day running costs, recognising that\u00a0these are vital to the broader work that you do.\u00a0 However,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9,5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charities","category-churches","category-organisational-development","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}