By Erik Detiger Introduction There are many good reasons for NGOs to work together to reach a common goal. When each partner brings its own expertise and resources to a program the impact can be multiplied. The sum total of the partnership is worth more than what each NGO can achieve on its own. … [Read more...] about 12 Tips to Build Great NGO Partnerships for Donor Funding Applications
Featured Articles: Fundraising, Proposal Writing & NGO Management
Featured Articles to help you learn about Fundraising, NGO Management and Proposal Writing.
Infographic: 7 Steps for NGOs to Build a Network
Here are 7 steps for NGOs for building a network: 7 Steps for NGOs to Build a Network from FUNDSFORNGOS.ORG … [Read more...] about Infographic: 7 Steps for NGOs to Build a Network
5 Steps to Fundraising Success for Small and Grassroots NGOs
By Erik Detiger All NGOs need to fundraise. But for new, small, and grassroots NGOs who do not yet have fundraising systems in place fundraising can be particularly challenging. Here are our steps to get on the path to fundraising success. Step 1: Know your organization’s needs Before you even … [Read more...] about 5 Steps to Fundraising Success for Small and Grassroots NGOs
How NGOs can Work Remotely More Effectively
An Interview with Peter Ivanov Over the last 20 years, Peter Ivanov - Keynote Speaker and Executive coach, Athletic Champion and father of five girls - is leading international virtual NGO teams across Europe, Asia and Africa to show them how to deliver projects quicker, reduce cost and … [Read more...] about How NGOs can Work Remotely More Effectively
10 Things to Remember About Donors
Asking a donor for funding can be both difficult and stressful. Merely getting a response from donors can be difficult and it is easy to get discouraged. Approaching a new donor can feel very impersonal; it is hard to picture the person on the other end who will receive your message. Even after you … [Read more...] about 10 Things to Remember About Donors
US Foreign Aid Budget Cuts – What Next?
In early March 2017, the new Trump administration published a budget proposal which, among other things, called for a 28% cut to United States spending abroad including the State Department and USAID for fiscal year 2018. This is a troubling prospect for many international organizations relying on … [Read more...] about US Foreign Aid Budget Cuts – What Next?
Rethinking Video Content For Your NGO
I’d just like you to take a moment think back to a time your perception of the world was changed, a moment where all that you believed in was challenged and you felt motivated to change the world. When you think back to these moments, there’s most likely a familiar thread - you either watched … [Read more...] about Rethinking Video Content For Your NGO
Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustLaw: Free Legal Services for NGOs
TrustLaw is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono legal programme. It connects the best law firms and corporate legal teams around the world with high-impact NGOs and social enterprises working to create social and environmental change. It produces groundbreaking legal research, and offer … [Read more...] about Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustLaw: Free Legal Services for NGOs
How to organize special events to raise funds for your NGO
Fundraising strategies that were effective a decade back cannot be put to use today, and therefore NGOs should update themselves to cope with changing fundraising techniques and methods. As an NGO practitioner you might be well accustomed to raising funds through proposal writing, door to door … [Read more...] about How to organize special events to raise funds for your NGO
View Top 12 Tips for Building Sustainability Here!
The top 12 tips that will help NGOs in building sustainability are mentioned below: 1.Review your current practices Before discussing sustainability with an existing or potential recipient of funding, review your current practices and make improvements. Does your (online) application form include … [Read more...] about View Top 12 Tips for Building Sustainability Here!
How Donors Can Build Sustainable NGOs – 12 Tips
Introduction There is an oft-used saying that applies especially to the field of international development field: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime". Perhaps the only piece missing is that the man might also need a quality fishing … [Read more...] about How Donors Can Build Sustainable NGOs – 12 Tips
How to Write a Master Proposal Template
Introduction Writing proposals for funding is one of the most crucial aspects for any NGO. Proposals are important for any organization, as they decide the success or failure of an organization. No matter how big or small your organization is you cannot get away from writing a project proposal. As … [Read more...] about How to Write a Master Proposal Template
Leadership qualities essential for modern NGO professionals
NGO and development sector professionals work in difficult and challenging circumstances. With limited resources and constantly changing, complex and dynamic situations, an NGO professional has to be on toes all the time to adapt to the environment. Working in this sector demands dynamic … [Read more...] about Leadership qualities essential for modern NGO professionals
How can your Volunteers help you in raising funds?
As a non-profit organization, you might have come across many passionate individuals, ardent supporters and advocates for your cause, who have supported or continue to support your organization. These people devote their time, knowledge and passion for your cause as ‘volunteers’. Volunteers have … [Read more...] about How can your Volunteers help you in raising funds?
How to develop a Budget for your Project Proposal?
Developing budgets for your project or for even your organization is one of the most time-consuming tasks. Often we think that a budget is a simple format attached to a project proposal and you need to fill it according to the activities and strategies proposed in the project. However, when you … [Read more...] about How to develop a Budget for your Project Proposal?
How can NGOs apply and get grants from Bilateral Donor Agencies?
Bilateral donor funding refers to the donor country’s Government aid to recipient country in a Government-to-Government or a Government-to-NGO/Civil Society partnership. It is part of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) policies of the member countries of the Organization for Economic … [Read more...] about How can NGOs apply and get grants from Bilateral Donor Agencies?
Evergreen Grants: How to apply for funding without worrying about deadlines?
When we identify a funding opportunity and decide to apply for it, the single big factor that will most significantly influence us in the process is its deadline. A deadline that is close enough can be very disappointing. For example, if you come to know of a funding opportunity 3 days prior to its … [Read more...] about Evergreen Grants: How to apply for funding without worrying about deadlines?
Fundraising follow-up with donors
All of us know that donor communication is very important for the non-profits of today. To retain donors and convert one-time donors into recurrent ones, to also encourage them to feel like a part of the cause, and to spread the word within to their kith and kin, the importance of donor … [Read more...] about Fundraising follow-up with donors
Weekend Volunteering for Company Employees
There is an increased awareness and sensitization about volunteering work these days. The spirit of ‘giving back to the society’ is growing and spreading across people from all walks of life. It paints a very positive picture of the society as a whole, wherein everyone can contribute towards the … [Read more...] about Weekend Volunteering for Company Employees
How does USAID support NGOs?
What is USAID? United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is a US Government Agency that is responsible for administration of all foreign civilian aid. It was established in the year 1961, and is headquartered at Washington DC. The mission statement of USAID is to ‘to partner to … [Read more...] about How does USAID support NGOs?
How to set up 501(c) 3 non-profit in United States and what are its advantages?
Lot of passionate individuals, or groups of people wish to contribute their lives for a good cause, and many of them either join a charitable organization, or start their own. But, establishing and running an organization is not an easy task. One must first be confident and convinced, must have … [Read more...] about How to set up 501(c) 3 non-profit in United States and what are its advantages?
Quick tips to boost your fundraising efforts
Most often fundraising efforts of organizations go futile because of improper planning and lack of effective fundraising strategies. No matter how effectual an organization is in implementing field projects, they generally have to struggle when it comes to raising funds. Fundraising forms the most … [Read more...] about Quick tips to boost your fundraising efforts
How to ensure sustainability?
The term sustainability has gained significant popularity in policy-oriented research, business development and social sector over the last few decades. It is the most sorted feature to ensure success to a venture. Sustainability, a word frequently used across several disciplines, has become part … [Read more...] about How to ensure sustainability?
How can NGOs participate in Crowdfunding?
As the name suggests, crowdfunding is a way of raising funds (funding) from a large number of donors (crowd) by mediums like internet, social media and mobile phones. Lot of social enterprises, start-ups, and even nonprofits are successfully raising funds by doing crowdfunding campaigns. How NGOs … [Read more...] about How can NGOs participate in Crowdfunding?
What is Succession Planning and Why is it Important for Your NGO?
Non-profits have so much to worry about these days, like finding funds, acquiring and retaining donors, core work, projects and activities. Being occupied with so many things at once does not let the non-profit organizations ‘think’ like an organization sometimes. People working at non-profits end … [Read more...] about What is Succession Planning and Why is it Important for Your NGO?
How to make your first contact with the corporate donors
Making your first contact with the corporate donors can be tough and intimidating. The corporate culture differs a lot from the nonprofit world. Many-a-times, nonprofits need to make a lot of efforts to reach out to a corporate, to make them listen to what they have to ask for, and to tell them why … [Read more...] about How to make your first contact with the corporate donors
How to build long-term relationship with Donors?
Cordial relations always facilitate in yielding better results, be it at home or at work… Most people usually don’t need much advice on managing personal and individual relations. There however, is great scope for learning the basics of improving business relations, as relationship building is an … [Read more...] about How to build long-term relationship with Donors?
How to make your organization accountable?
Over the past few decades NGOs have gained significant popularity as the third pillar of development and have played a key role in providing social, economic and environmental services to the marginalized. Growth of NGOs as providers of essential services and key players in policy reforms has been a … [Read more...] about How to make your organization accountable?
What is Peer-to-peer Fundraising in Nonprofit World?
Peer-to-peer fundraising or P2P fundraising is getting a lot of attention by nonprofits these days. Although crowdfunding and P2P are being used interchangeably, it is important to note that the two are different. P2P fundraising is a specific type of crowdfunding, wherein you can leverage your … [Read more...] about What is Peer-to-peer Fundraising in Nonprofit World?
Using videos for storytelling
With the advent of internet and social media, plus a surge in the number of people having mobile phones, communication is getting easier, faster and more accessible for everyone. Clicking pictures and recording videos is so easy these days, with a click on your mobile phone. Visual storytelling is a … [Read more...] about Using videos for storytelling
How NGOs can raise non-financial support for their cause
Non-profits need resources to run themselves. These resources are not limited to financial resources. If properly planned and sought, non-financial resources can also play a crucial role in the growth and development of a non-profit organization. What are these non-financial resources that NGOs must … [Read more...] about How NGOs can raise non-financial support for their cause
Which Foreign Embassies you should approach to apply for grants?
Foreign embassies under various development cooperation programs organize small grants funding for NGOs in many countries. They can be a significant source of funding to address various socio-economic issues. Besides, their funding programs are usually small in scale but most flexible to implement. … [Read more...] about Which Foreign Embassies you should approach to apply for grants?
Multilateral Donors: How NGOs can get involved and get support from them?
Multilateral agencies like the UN, the World Bank and others provide multilateral aid to developing countries. The significance of this type of aid is the very large scale under which it operates and provides support for addressing issues related to poverty, economic development, human rights, … [Read more...] about Multilateral Donors: How NGOs can get involved and get support from them?
Organizational Chart for your NGO
Organizational charts give a pictorial representation of the functioning styles of your NGO. It provides a graphic view of the hierarchical system and the levels of responsibility in an organization. It is relevant to present an organizational chart because it gives a quick, bird’s-eye view of the … [Read more...] about Organizational Chart for your NGO
Career Options in International NGOs: How can you make an impact?
Recent trends show that an increasing number of people are getting interested to work in the development sector. International NGOs offer the best opportunities for such people. NGO domain is a very vast and varied one, and one needs to find out which cause he/she relates with, which domain in … [Read more...] about Career Options in International NGOs: How can you make an impact?
How can NGOs get donations of books, computers and other types of in-kind support?
As we continuously struggle to find and apply for new grants, we often overlook the significance of another type of support that can be easier to mobilize and manage. In this case, there are usually no lengthy project proposals, no Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and in some cases, not even project … [Read more...] about How can NGOs get donations of books, computers and other types of in-kind support?
A Quick Guide on How to Write Powerful Concept Notes
In recent times, many donor agencies prefer their grant-seeking applicants to submit a comprehensive concept note about their proposed project before submitting a full project proposal. We have also observed this trend in many of the USAID and European Commission grant applications. In some cases, … [Read more...] about A Quick Guide on How to Write Powerful Concept Notes
Infographic: How to develop a budget in a project proposal?
In this infographic, you will learn the basic concepts for developing a budget which is an important part of your grant application. Developing a budget in a proposal is a process and you can learn the steps for analyzing your project costs and presenting it in your the final proposal. … [Read more...] about Infographic: How to develop a budget in a project proposal?
20 Ways for You to engage with the United Nations: Grants, Conferences and Networking Opportunities
The United Nations (UN) refers to NGOs and the civil society as the ‘third sector’ after government and the private business. It has always given high importance to NGOs in research, policy-making and execution of programs worldwide. The UN believes in building partnerships with NGOs and supporting … [Read more...] about 20 Ways for You to engage with the United Nations: Grants, Conferences and Networking Opportunities
How to undertake strategic planning for your NGO
Someone has rightly said that without a plan, a goal is only a wish. In the context of your NGO also, it holds true. Despite having a mission and a vision, an organization might be going on a path to nowhere, as these are very broad statements, and do not provide a clear direction, or do not ‘steer’ … [Read more...] about How to undertake strategic planning for your NGO
How to establish Effective Governance in Your NGO
The term ‘governance’ comes from Greek verb κυβερνάω [kubernáo], meaning ‘to steer’. Every institution, be it public, private, or third sector, needs governance to function. There are formalized forms of governance, and the most formalized one is the ‘government’. NGOs also need good governance for … [Read more...] about How to establish Effective Governance in Your NGO
Twitter for Good: 9 steps for NGOs to get on Twitter
Believe it or not, Twitter is revolutionizing communication as we know it. The freedom and power of 140 characters is taking the social media by storm every day. Daily we come across various things which are ‘trending’ on social media, and Twitter has major role to play there. For NGOs, many are … [Read more...] about Twitter for Good: 9 steps for NGOs to get on Twitter
7 tips for creating successful partnerships with NGOs
This is a time for collaborations, partnerships, scales and thus revolutionizing the social development milieu. Especially in the wake of corporate social responsibility and sustainability concerns finding their ways into corporate strategies across countries and geographies; the state, the private … [Read more...] about 7 tips for creating successful partnerships with NGOs
