Reach UK donors, see book winners & master startup laws.
Three weekly insights to get funding
Teenage territory
Down the road in Georgetown, Malaysia this weekend, celebrating my daughter’s birthday. I have two 13-year-olds in the house now.
Wish me luck.
— Kevin
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Three insights
1. The top UK grantmaking foundations.
I’ve never seen so many leaders scared.
Aid cuts. Funding fears.
But the top 100 UK foundations have more than £72 billion sitting in the bank. So use this new wishlist for your fundraising.
Here’s the PDF with 100 foundation website links. Plus here’s a spreadsheet of the top 300 UK grantmakers from 360Giving.
Be fundable.
Be findable.
Be unstoppable.
2. Winners of the May book contest.
“This book isn’t just theory...
It’s a survival guide.”
Powerful words from Enock Nsubuga in Uganda, winner of the May book contest on LinkedIn.
In his Book Review: Fundable & Findable — A Blueprint for Nonprofits & Social Entrepreneurs, he shared three ways it can elevate your work:
From “Begging Bowl” to Bold Brand
Data vs. Stories: The Fundraising Game-Changer
Policy Advocacy as Brand-Building
Runner-up shout-outs to Gareth Price for the best quote above and Cool.org for the best picture.
“I wish this book had existed when I started—maybe I’d have made fewer mistakes and built stronger foundations from the start,” said Rosalin Abigail Kyere-Nartey.
“Do yourself a favor and get this book.”
3. Laws for startup nonprofit leaders.
Fundraising isn’t your biggest problem.
Yes, 30% of nonprofits fail within 10 years.
But you’re more likely to die from lack of focus, no product-market fit, leadership issues, burnout, and trying to scale too quickly.
So get 15 laws of startup success.
↳ Adapted from Y Combinator.
What would you add to this list?
The weekly bonus
Writer’s block?
Struggling to design your next donor campaign?
Here are the causes, symptoms, and treatments for any creative block. Courtesy of Shlomo Genchin.
P.S.
Nonprofit jokes that are bad — for good.