A funding offer stays open for 14 days. If you don’t accept or decline it in that time, it expires. If you think you’ll take longer, contact our team before the 14 days are up.
Why there’s a time limit
Once an offer expires, the funding can be offered to another project.
What happens when an offer expires
The offer leaves your Funding offers tab and shows in Application history as Offer expired (“This funding offer expired before it was accepted”). Application history statuses explained
- Your project stays live. It keeps matching with funds, and your other applications carry on.
- The money goes back to the fund, so the funder can offer it to another project.
Missed the deadline? Contact us to ask for the offer to be reissued. Where it’s appropriate, we can do this, and the more notice you give us, the better. Once an offer has expired, we can’t guarantee the funding hasn’t been offered to another project.
How to avoid it
- Act on the email straight away. Add hello@actionfunder.org as a safe sender so offers don’t land in spam.
- Watch for the reminder. We email you the day before an offer expires.
- Complete your due diligence early. You can’t accept an offer while your profile is incomplete. Adding your legal information, key people, documents and bank details now saves a rush later. What we ask for during due diligence, and why
- Check who in your team can accept. If you’re away, make sure someone else with the right permissions can step in. User roles and permissions
- Tell us early if you’re held up. Email hello@actionfunder.org or call 020 3805 2835 before the 14 days are up and tell us what’s holding you up.
Ready to go? How to accept a funding offer
Questions?
Our team is around Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
- Email: hello@actionfunder.org
- Phone: 020 3805 2835