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A picture instead of a thousand words: how a great visual helps you win a grant (an honest account)

Text is the foundation of a grant application, but it’s the visual that wins it. An honest account of how a clear visual concept helps secure funding — based on the "Sites of Ancient Battles" project.

How to finally get your report read: human principles of document design

Most reports look like punishment. Here are simple, human principles of document design — whitespace, hierarchy, colour, number accents — that make any report easy to read.

How to prepare your website for a donor audit

The technical and financial donor audit is a website's moment of truth. I share my own checklist of what to polish on the site before the review arrives, so you never have to return the funds.

5 donor fears that kill your grant application

Foundations are driven not by the search for brilliant ideas but by fear. Here are 5 donor fears I learned from my own failures — and how to calm them in your application.