Successful organisations have great staff at their heart. Your staff have the greatest influence on the success or failure of your organisation and the cause you are fighting for. With limited budgets it can be difficult for non-profit organisations to maintain a staff with all of the skills they … [Read more...] about NGO Management: Using Consultants in your Organisation
Fundraising Essentials: Making the ask
Making the ask, the art of actually inviting a potential donor to support your cause, is one of the most fundamental skills a fundraiser needs to develop. It is a technique that for some people will take some practice but can make a crucial difference between securing life changing funds for your … [Read more...] about Fundraising Essentials: Making the ask
Don’t just write, call your potential funder!
Many grant applications are submitted in an extremely formal and methodical manner. Organisations visit a funder’s website, download the application details, send a letter of inquiry, wait for a response before sending a full application if they were successful in the previous steps. Your NGO could … [Read more...] about Don’t just write, call your potential funder!
In-Kind Support: Corporate Fundraising Made Easy
Corporate fundraising is the biggest growth sector within the industry, even eclipsing the phenomenal growth of online giving over the past decade. Whether it is through companies directly or through corporate controlled or funded foundations, companies big and small are leading the way. The rise … [Read more...] about In-Kind Support: Corporate Fundraising Made Easy
What do funders look for in a grantee?
All grant making organisations have their own ways of working, but almost all of them approach the grant making decision process in a relatively similar way. All funding organisations want to know certain pieces of information such as how your organisations values align with theirs, your track … [Read more...] about What do funders look for in a grantee?
Do funders only support established organizations?
This is a common concern of many new organisations first entering the somewhat intimidating world of grant fundraising. The reality is that every organisation has to start somewhere and grant making bodies appreciate that. Sometimes being a new organisation can give you an edge in a crowded field. … [Read more...] about Do funders only support established organizations?
The Vodafone Foundation
At the heart of Vodafone’s Foundation is the belief that our mobile communications technologies can address some of the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges around the world. The Foundation aims to to utilise innovative mobile technology to mobilisie social change and improve people’s … [Read more...] about The Vodafone Foundation
Top Ten Corporate Fundraising Tips
Robin Toal shares his top ten corporate fundraising tips, having raised funds and managed projects with international partners including HSBC, Microsoft and Google. Know your facts: The majority of CSR and corporate giving projects are overseen by professionals keen to achieve the best return … [Read more...] about Top Ten Corporate Fundraising Tips
Mango Guide to Receiving Funds
It can be useful to think about your relationship with donors from the donors' point of view. Donors usually make grants to organisations that they have confidence in. All your dealings with donors should aim to build up their confidence in your organisation, for instance by: • … [Read more...] about Mango Guide to Receiving Funds
10 Top Tips for Grant Management
1. Building Trust In all aspects of grant management, problems can be avoided with clear and regular communications with grants officers. Put everything in writing! 2. Observe project start and end dates for spending Don’t make payments or enter into commitments before the agreed contract start … [Read more...] about 10 Top Tips for Grant Management
