{"id":58,"date":"2024-02-09T12:59:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T12:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=58"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:51:56","slug":"what-happens-if-i-reject-a-funding-offer","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/help\/what-happens-if-i-reject-a-funding-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Declining a funding offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can decline a funding offer from your project&#8217;s <strong>Funding offers<\/strong> tab. Declining won&#8217;t affect your chances of being funded in the future, and your project stays live for other funds. You can&#8217;t undo it, though, so be sure first.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to decline<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Click <strong>Projects<\/strong> in the left-hand menu, then <strong>Manage<\/strong> on the project.<\/li>\n<li>Open the <strong>Funding offers<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Decline<\/strong> on the offer.<\/li>\n<li>Confirm that you want to decline.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The offer moves to the <strong>Application history<\/strong> tab with the status <strong>Offer declined<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/help\/application-history-statuses-explained\/\">Application history statuses explained<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens next<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Your project stays live.<\/strong> It keeps matching with new funds as they launch.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your future chances are unaffected.<\/strong> Declining an offer doesn&#8217;t count against you or your organisation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your other applications carry on.<\/strong> Declining one offer doesn&#8217;t withdraw your project from any other fund. They stay in your <strong>Funding Applications<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your funder is told.<\/strong> The funder gets an email to say you&#8217;ve responded to their offer. You aren&#8217;t asked for a reason.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thinking of declining because something has changed?<\/h2>\n<p>Talk to us first. If your timings, costs or plans have shifted, email hello@actionfunder.org before the offer expires. There may be a way to adjust the project so you can still accept. <a href=\"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/help\/why-funding-offers-expire\/\">Why funding offers expire<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions?<\/h2>\n<p>Our team is around Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email: hello@actionfunder.org<\/li>\n<li>Phone: 020 3805 2835<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can decline a funding offer from your project&#8217;s Funding offers tab. Declining won&#8217;t affect your chances of being funded in the future, and your project stays live for other funds. You can&#8217;t undo it, though, so be sure first. How to decline Click Projects in the left-hand menu, then&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[23],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-58","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-funding-offers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433,"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/58\/revisions\/433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=58"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.actionfunder.org\/non-profits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}