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Great Reporting Builds Great Relationships
We all know that panicked feeling as reporting time comes around again while there is so much to do on the ground. Many organisations see grant reporting as an administrative task. Smart organisations see it [...]
Stewardship Starts the Day You Receive the Grant
Receiving a grant is not the end of the fundraising journey—it's the beginning of a new relationship. Many organisations make the mistake of only contacting funders when reports are due. Great stewardship means staying connected [...]
The Art of Wooing a Funder
Fundraising is not about convincing someone to give you money. It's about helping a funder see how your organisation can help them achieve the impact they want to make. Think of fundraising as building a partnership. [...]
Finding the Right Funder Saves Time and Increases Success
Not every funder is the right fit for your organisation. One of the biggest fundraising mistakes is sending the same proposal to dozens of funders. This approach rarely works and wastes valuable time. Instead, focus [...]
Don’t Start with the Proposal – Start with the Relationship
Have you spent weeks writing funding proposals to have them ready to send as soon as you find a potential funder? Unfortunately, that'soften the wrong place to start. Funders invest in organisations they trust. A [...]
Is your NPO – Business Strategic Partnership Healthy?
In our most recent blogs we talked about what business strategic partnerships look like, and we explored strategic partnerships between NPO and business. If you already have some strategic partnerships in place, or you are [...]
Strategic Partnerships Between Business and NPOs
In our last blog, we unpacked what strategic partnerships in business looked like. Today, we are going to look at how strategic partnerships between businesses and NPOs can move beyond donations into shared value creation. [...]
Unpacking Strategic Partnerships in Business
“Strategic partnerships” are not a new buzzword or theme when it comes to NPO funder relationships. But have we actually looked holistically at what a strategic partnership is – from our funders’ perspective? Strategic business [...]