Deadline: 20 July 2014 The University of Delaware’s Horn Program invites Letter of Interest from organizations working in economic development and youth empowerment to partner for the Diamond Challenge- a real world business concept competition with an educational purpose. The Diamond Challenge is … [Read more...] about The University of Delaware’s Horn Program in Entrepreneurship invites Organizations to become an Implementing Partner for the Diamond Challenge
NGO Management: Should your charity be a social enterprise?
The most common problem for charities and NGOs in every country in the world is suitable access to funding to support their work. Most organisations draw financial support from wherever they can reach. This is likely to include donations from individuals, community groups, businesses and grants. … [Read more...] about NGO Management: Should your charity be a social enterprise?
How to connect with grantmakers for greater impact
There are thousands of articles, books and guides written about the art of grant fundraising, yet they all share one piece of advice in common. Contact your grantmaker before applying. Most every guide I have ever read and interview I’ve listened to has advocated for the same thing. The exact … [Read more...] about How to connect with grantmakers for greater impact
Fundraising Essentials: Creating the perfect fundraising mix for your NGO
NGOs should never really on just one form of fundraising, however lucrative or secure it may seem at the time. It leaves your organisation open to significant risks that could bring down an otherwise successful operation. Nothing should be taken for granted, as we’ve all experienced through the … [Read more...] about Fundraising Essentials: Creating the perfect fundraising mix for your NGO
IB World Schools as a source of Fundraising
The International Baccalaureate is one of the fastest growing educational programmes in the world, since its creation in 1971 it is now offered in over 4000 schools across the world. Students start the IB diploma programme aged 16 and it constitutes the pre university requirements that allows … [Read more...] about IB World Schools as a source of Fundraising
Fundraising Essentials: How to nurture Individual Donors
After nearly a decade working in fundraising in several countries and in organisation’s big and small, it has become apparent that the majority of NGOs continue to see grant funding as the panacea to their fundraising challenges. Time and again when new projects are proposed or when financial … [Read more...] about Fundraising Essentials: How to nurture Individual Donors
Fundraising Essentials: How to evaluate fundraising performance
To improve either your individual fundraising skills or the effectiveness of an organisation’s fundraising you first need to understand where you are. There are a number of tools and strategies that can be employed to measure the efficiency of your fundraising, highlight strengths and weakness and … [Read more...] about Fundraising Essentials: How to evaluate fundraising performance
FundsforNGOs Guide: Fundraising for Film and Media projects
The FundsforNGOs team have decades of experience of supporting organisation’s and individuals to raise funds for all kinds of projects from orphanages in Kenya through to arts projects in New York. We have compiled our years of experience to produce a guide for film makers, both aspiring and … [Read more...] about FundsforNGOs Guide: Fundraising for Film and Media projects
Fundraising Essentials: Making an Effective Case for Support
Creating a powerful, emotive and thought provoking case for support is an area where a good number of otherwise excellent grant funding applications fall down. Producing a clear, well structured and memorable case for support is difficult in that it requires a combination of creative and formal … [Read more...] about Fundraising Essentials: Making an Effective Case for Support
Fundraising Essentials: Grant Fundraising Strategy Checklist
For some reason, the word fundraising strategy often strikes fear in to many a fundraiser. Could it be that in a world of ever stricter targets and more competition that distilling all those different targets into one document is just plain intimidating? Whatever the reason, it is time to throw the … [Read more...] about Fundraising Essentials: Grant Fundraising Strategy Checklist
