As an indication of the pressures faced by small grant-making trusts and foundations and an approach others may consider taking, the G C Gibson Charitable Trust has posted the following message on its website:
"we are no longer operating an online submission for grants. Instead we are using the networks of our trustees and also using the database of 100s of previous applicants to find charities to whom we are not already donating. There is no point contacting us unless we have already given you money. Even then you might not get a response. This change in approach is because AI has ruined the process. It is too easy to find us and write a submission and we had far too many applicants last year".