Grant funding can kickstart entire organisations, uplift communities and create powerful social change. However, there comes a time when each grant eventually comes to an end. Grants are almost always fixed term arrangements meaning organisations need to suitably prepare to either replace funding or … [Read more...] about Fundraising Essentials: Grant Exit Strategies
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
A List of Foundations that Provide Small Grants to NGOs
There are a number of donor agencies that provide small-size micro-grants to NGOs in poor and developing countries. These grants are extremely flexible and also easy to apply and win them. The size of these grants mostly depends upon the type of donor agencies which is offering them. Large … [Read more...] about A List of Foundations that Provide Small Grants to NGOs
Fundraising Essentials: Recruiting Volunteers to Raise Funds
Volunteers around the world contributes to tens of millions of man hours every year, helping organisations to do more than would otherwise be possible. This investment is worth billions of pounds of labour costs with many volunteers providing strong skill-sets and long hours that drive NGOs … [Read more...] about Fundraising Essentials: Recruiting Volunteers to Raise Funds
Proposal Writing Advice from Grantmakers
We spoke to a number of leading funding organisations to get their insight on the best project proposals they receive... “A thoughtful and honest application always stands out in the crowd! Tell us clearly what the problem is, and how your project will do something about it. Give us relevant … [Read more...] about Proposal Writing Advice from Grantmakers
Free Mango Guide: Financial Sustainability
Financial sustainability has become something of a buzzword in the NGO sector. With ‘donor fatigue’ in rich nations and increased confidence from developing countries, more and more people are talking about local NGOs standing on their own two feet, and becoming more financially sustainable. But … [Read more...] about Free Mango Guide: Financial Sustainability
NTEN: Change Journal, Issue 11- How NGOs Can Manage Through the Noise
Have you looked outside your organization lately? It’s a busy and crowded world out there filled with digitally empowered, independent individuals that could collectively be your next wave of support. Amidst the competition for donations, actions, and engagement, how can nonprofits with limited … [Read more...] about NTEN: Change Journal, Issue 11- How NGOs Can Manage Through the Noise
Grant Proposals: What to do if your proposal is rejected
Grant proposal writing is the “Go big or go home” of the fundraising world. When successful it can regenerate entire organisations and communities. When it goes wrong you have potential lost hundreds of hours of work and investment with very little to show for it. The inherent risk of grant … [Read more...] about Grant Proposals: What to do if your proposal is rejected
How to develop relationships with funders
Recent research from the UK showed that for the majority of grant making organisations the percentage of successful new applicants was less than 50%. This means that every year funding organisations repeatedly fund the same NGOs demonstrating that it is more important than ever to cultivate the … [Read more...] about How to develop relationships with funders
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!
