# Prospect research: guides

Finding out who funds organisations like yours: 360Giving data, charity accounts, peer lookups and how to build a trusts and foundations pipeline.

- 9 guides, last updated 2026-10-26
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/category/prospect-research

- [Which UK trusts accept unsolicited applications, and how to tell](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/do-uk-trusts-accept-unsolicited-applications): Some UK trusts accept applications from anyone eligible, some consider letters, some fund by invitation only. The website, the trustees' report and the grants list tell you which in minutes, before you write. (Updated 2026-10-26. Markdown: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/do-uk-trusts-accept-unsolicited-applications.md)
- [Grant application tracker: what to record and why](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/grant-application-tracker-what-to-record): A grant application tracker records every funder from first research to final report: stage, route, dates, amounts, outcome, feedback and when you may reapply. The fields that matter and why each earns its column. (Updated 2026-10-26. Markdown: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/grant-application-tracker-what-to-record.md)
- [How to build a trusts and foundations pipeline (with a tracker template)](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-a-trust-fundraising-pipeline): A trusts pipeline is a dated list of funders at five stages, from identified to decided, sized so that realistic success rates still deliver the income you need. How to build one and the fields to track. (Updated 2026-10-26. Markdown: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-a-trust-fundraising-pipeline.md)
- [How to find out who funds a charity](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/how-to-find-out-who-funds-a-charity): Who funds a charity is public information. Its accounts on the charity register list grants received, GrantNav lists every published grant to it, and its annual report thanks its funders. Here is where to look. (Updated 2026-10-26. Markdown: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/how-to-find-out-who-funds-a-charity.md)
- [How to read a grant-making trust's accounts and annual return](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/how-to-read-a-grant-making-trusts-accounts): A trust's accounts on the charity register show its grant-making policy, the grants it made, how much it has to give and whether it will consider you. Where each answer sits and how to read it in fifteen minutes. (Updated 2026-10-26. Markdown: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/how-to-read-a-grant-making-trusts-accounts.md)
- [How to use 360Giving data to find funders](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/how-to-use-360giving-data-to-find-funders): 360Giving data records 1.5 million grants UK funders have already made. Four searches on GrantNav and OpenGrant turn it into a shortlist of funders that give to organisations like yours, with typical award sizes. (Updated 2026-10-26. Markdown: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/how-to-use-360giving-data-to-find-funders.md)
- [Prospect research tools for freelance trust fundraisers](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/prospect-research-tools-for-freelance-fundraisers): A freelance trust fundraiser needs the charity registers, GrantNav and a database of open calls, plus a tracker that travels between clients. What each tool covers and cost on 26 October 2026, and how to combine them. (Updated 2026-10-26. Markdown: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/prospect-research-tools-for-freelance-fundraisers.md)
- [Trust fundraising prospect research: how to find out who funds charities like yours](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/trust-fundraising-prospect-research): Prospect research is how trust fundraisers turn 49,000 UK grant-makers into a shortlist that fits: who funds your peers, what they really give, whether they accept applications and when. The complete method. (Updated 2026-10-26. Markdown: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/trust-fundraising-prospect-research.md)
- [What is a grant-making trust and how do you approach one?](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/what-is-a-grant-making-trust): A grant-making trust is a charity that exists to give money to other charities rather than run services. The UK has tens of thousands, from foundations with programmes to family trusts with no website. (Updated 2026-10-26. Markdown: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/what-is-a-grant-making-trust.md)

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