In praise of trust fundraisers – the salt of the fundraising earth | UK Fundraising

In praise of trust fundraisers – the salt of the fundraising earth | UK Fundraising: "First, trust fundraising is the backbone of the voluntary sector. According to NCVO’s 2009 Civil Society Almanac, of charities £13.6bn income, 11 per cent comes in the form of grants, secured by trust fundraisers. By contrast, Iain Wilkinson at Kent University tells me the estimate for income raised through major gifts is around six per cent. And NCVO/CAF figures have always shown corporate income to be little more than four per cent.

The stereotyping (and belittling) of trust fundraisers as desk jockeys totally fails to recognise that they raise twice or maybe three times the sums of money that corporate fundraisers and major gift fundraisers get."