Tim Longfoot
CEO
Tim has spent 25 years helping charities grow, and developing models to engage new supporters at volume with a fusion of strategy, creative and technology.
Tim Longfoot is CEO and co-founder of Open, a fundraising agency that helps charities grow income by bringing together strategy, creative and technology.
He has spent his career working with charities to understand what makes people give, how supporter relationships can be strengthened and how fundraising programmes need to evolve as donor behaviour changes.
Tim is especially interested in how creativity, emerging technology and smarter focus on audience-led strategy can help grow fundraising. His approach is practical and focused on finding ideas that charities can actually put to work.
My Upcoming Events
Thursday 15th October 2026 @ 11:00 BST
Individual Giving Conference 2026
Join us at the Individual Giving Conference for the vital tools and insights you need to supercharge donor acquisition, boost retention, and gain clarity on the future of individual giving.
My Previous Events
On Demand
Individual Giving Conference 2025
Join us at the Individual Giving Conference for the vital tools and insights you need to supercharge donor acquisition, boost retention, and gain clarity on the future of individual giving.
Going the distance – lessons from year three of the sector’s leading capital appeal
Join Open Co-Founder, Tim Longfoot and GOSH Head of Fundraising Strategy and Integration, Chloe Shields as they take you behind the scenes on the Build it. Beat it. capital appeal and share candid learnings from the first three years of the campaign.
How can we make Direct Dialogue even better?
We will explore theory and practice to present a new model that will raise more money and recruit more supporters by reducing the ‘Sorry but no thanks’ from our conversations.