
Articles & Essays


Budget Review with Margaret
Budget problems? Not with Margaret! Unfunded List Budget Review Margaret Chapman goes through Budget Problems https://youtu.be/znxD_f0DzJw

Bias and Trust
Bias, Trust, and Review Matthew Gayer of Spur Local (formerly the Catalogue for Philanthropy DC) will lead a conversation about the biases we bring to


Unfunded List Spring 2026 Insights Report
Prepared for Evaluators, Authors & Partners | August 2026 This report analyzes patterns from Unfunded List’s Spring 2026 review round: 854 individual evaluator reviews across

Round 22 Debrief
Spring 2026 Debrief The 22nd round of proposal review at Unfunded List is complete! In this session, we will share our Spring 2026 Insights Report

Round 23 Open for Submissions
Round 23 is officially open at Unfunded List, and we’re accepting proposals through September 20. Getting a round ready isn’t a small lift. Behind every

There Are Too Many Nonprofits. (No, There Aren’t.)
We need more nonprofits. Not fewer. More. That may sound like a strange argument to make at a moment when foundation officers are often describing

Inundated: Why Many Foundations Are Invite Only and What Grantseekers Can Do About It
There are more tools than ever to help grantseekers find funding. Instrumentl, Candid Search (formerly Foundation Directory Online), Impala, GrantStation, and dozens more. These platforms
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