Resources

Video Success Story – Didcot TRAIN

6th October 2019
Type: Success Stories, Videos
“We really appreciate the work that The Good Exchange is doing, what we like about it is that it’s a true collaboration …. It’s not us shifting our objectives and what we need to do to match a grant makers’ decision-making panel to make sure we’re successful. Thanks to The Good Exchange, we’ve been able to get 2 new funders….. that we didn’t have previously, which means that we’re creating new funding streams for ourselves.

Press Coverage – UK Fundraising – The Good Exchange removes fees for organisational funders & individual donors

1st October 2019
Type: News
Tags: Fundraising, grant application

As of today (1 October) The Good Exchange is making its service free for organisational funders and individual donors, and will also provide a free Gift Aid collection service.

The Good Exchange charges a platform service fee, but does not charge set up, monthly subscription or separate financial transaction fees. The Good Exchange charges a platform service fee, but does not charge set up, monthly subscription or separate financial transaction fees. To determine the fairest way to collect the fee, The Good Exchange conducted two surveys; one through global research company Vanson Bourne to representatives from across the charitable sector, and one to registered users of the platform, asking where they felt responsibility for covering the cost of running online fundraising platforms should lie.


Press Release – £11.5m DISBURSED TO GOOD CAUSES AS THE GOOD EXCHANGE REACHES THIRD ANNIVERSARY

18th September 2019
Type: Press Releases
Tags: anniversary, success story
The Good Exchange reveals significant growth as it celebrates its third anniversary. The online matching platform for the charitable sector has now dispersed a total of £11.5m to good causes. In the third year of operations, the platform has disbursed over 1,200 grants (with a 74% increase in total grant value to over £2.1m) and saw a 117% rise in the number of applicant registrations.

Newsletter – The Good Exchange Quarterly Newsletter Edition 1

11th September 2019
Type: News
Tags: direct debit, facebook, newsletter, nras, sovereign housing, twitter, WhatsApp, youtube

The on-line charity matching platform that is transforming charitable giving

Welcome to the 1st edition of The Good Exchange’s newsletter containing our latest news, success stories, ‘how-to’ and training content including:

  • A case study video explaining how the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society doubled their charity business partner’s fundraising money with match funding
  • ‘How-To’ Navigate the Applicant Dashboard
  • ‘How-To’ use WhatsApp to drive donations to your fundraising project
  • Recorded webinar – Next steps to using Twitter
  • New grants available for Sovereign Housing and County Durham Community Foundation

This edition also includes important information about the way that platform service fees are charged and collected and some exciting new functionality so please download and read here.

Press Coverage – The Power of Match Funding

28th August 2019
Type: News
Tags: research, survey
Here’s how match funding works: A funder or donor offers their money as a match funding grant, where it is matched on a £1 for £1 basis, doubling the amounts raised on an applicant organisation’s project and incentivising people to fundraise and to give mor