In recent years, a number of international non-government organizations (INGOs) have sought our help in assessing the potential for fund raising from the local market. These research studies generally contain findings on economic trends, the giving capacity of target populations, profiles of prospect donors, analysis on competitors and recommendations for the most effective way to enter the Philippine fund-raising market.

Not all Boards are fund raising boards. Often, it takes an objective, specialized third party to initiate the fund raising ‘conversation’ with your Board members and engage them into taking a more active role in fund raising.

These orientation and skills building sessions can help build a diverse, representative and effective board that takes responsibility for your organization’s financial sustainability.

Fund raising needs the involvement and support of all the members of an organization, and each person has a role in the fund raising process. These training sessions aim to build the staff’s support to your fund raising endeavors by familiarizing them on the basic concepts and principles of fund raising, the campaign rationale and details, and most importantly, how they can support the fund raising process.

A Case Statement is a concise document that clearly explains what need your organization seeks to meet, how you have and plan to meet that need, and what you could achieve with additional resources. This helps you establish your organization’s rationale for your raising appeal, and forms the basis for all communications necessary to the fund raising campaign.

Once your fund raising essentials are in place, you are ready to implement your campaign.

Experience is the best teacher. We can mentor your fund raising team by providing relevant on-the-job training and coaching on the implementation of your plan and chosen strategies. Through this process, the successful transfer of the required skills, tools, knowledge and lessons learned will be imparted to your organization so that eventually, you can confidently implement these on your own.

Evaluation is a key component of operating and sustaining effective fund raising campaigns. Utilizing metrics specific to the strategies identified in their fund raising plans, our partners will need to learn how to collect important information and analyze their results to increase their fund raising effectiveness over the long term.

The results from these activities will aid in the decision to scale up of your campaigns, identify unaddressed donor audiences, as well as inform into decisions on whether to discontinue or revise specific fund raising strategies.

In our many years of working with non-profit organizations and NGOs, we have observed that after having gone through the fund raising capacity building interventions, some may not be able to implement their plans because of a lack of financial resources.

To truly assist these partners toward achieving financial sustainability, we work with funding institutions to provide a mini-grant facility for their partners to support the implementation of key components of their fund raising plans, and guide them to ensure the efficiency of their use of the mini-grants.

A capital campaign is the ultimate test of an organization’s fund-raising skills.

Because of the magnitude of organizational resources needed and high level of commitment required to conduct a capital campaign, there is a need to do a Capital Campaign Feasibility Study to determine if the proposed fund raising campaign has the critical ingredients for success, and whether the organization has the capacity to implement such a campaign.

The feasibility study will aid your organization in identifying key actions to prepare for the campaign, such as the amount that can be reasonably raised within a specific time frame, cost involved in managing the campaign, potential campaign leaders and donors, other factors that may affect the campaign, and recommendations on how the campaign should be conducted.

The results of the Organizational Assessment for Fund Raising Readiness will be used as basis for the design and development of a Fund Raising Planning Workshop for our partners. The workshop utilizes a process-oriented approach, where the output of each session feeds into the next. An outcome of the workshop is the formation of a core group of members who fully understand the rationale for each component of the plan, take ownership over the fund raising plan, and lead in the implementation of the campaigns.

Special short courses, specific to fund raising strategies

• Special Events Fund Raising Workshop
• Direct Mail Fund Raising Workshop
• Direct Dialogue Fund Raising Workshop
• Internet Fund Raising Workshop
• Earned Income Fund Raising Workshop