The majority of grassroots charities expect they will raise less money in the future, a survey from easyfundraising suggests.
The survey reveals 62% of grassroots charities and causes reported that the cost-of-living crisis has had a severe or moderate impact on their fundraising income.
Moreover, 59% also predict that income will go down in the future. More than one-third of respondents said they will be changing the way they fundraise in order to try to mitigate the impact.
Tina Costello, chief executive of Heart of England Community Foundation, said: “As the CEO of a charity who offers grants to the voluntary and community sector, the easyfundraising report reinforces the conversations we’re having with organisations.
“We know times are challenging for all sectors, but the charitable sector relies on public generosity and grant funding to not only thrive but survive.
“It is a personal frustration of mine when I hear ‘they need to be sustainable’, how can a charity, often relying on donations and grants, be sustainable when they want to offer an accessible, affordable service to their beneficiaries and balance their ongoing running costs?”.
Indeed, the survey found just 6% of grassroots charities and causes said they had not been affected by the cost-of living crisis.
There were 1,658 responses to the survey, the majority of which came from small hyper-local causes and charities with a turnover of less than £5,000 per year. The survey ran from 27 March to 7 April.
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