Identifying Giving Opportunities and Developing Grantmaking Strategies
Where and how to make a difference
What we do
- Research and briefings to understand and identify funding opportunities
- Developing giving strategies, including creating theories
of change and grantmaking approaches - Issue-specific/sector analyses and baseline studies
- Philanthropy sector trend analyses
Mobilizing Philanthropic Capital
Where to find peer donors with whom to invest
What we do
- Research and analysis of funding landscape for a given sector
- Donor prospecting and network mapping
- Tailored donor communications including grantee reporting
- Donor relations and stewardship services including learning experiences, referrals and connections, and maintaining relationship management systems
Mobilizing Philanthropic Capital
Where to find peer donors with whom to invest
What we do
- Research and analysis of funding landscape for a given sector
- Donor prospecting and network mapping
- Tailored donor communications including grantee reporting
- Donor relations and stewardship services including learning experiences, referrals and connections, and maintaining relationship management systems
Incubating Donor Collaboratives
Amplifying giving through strategic partnership
WHAT WE DO
- Bringing donors together to articulate a shared vision and setting up a giving vehicle
- Developing a theory of change and grantmaking approach that meets the needs of the collective
- Creating a governance system to define roles and decision-making
- Fund donor management including financials and reporting
Designing and Delivering Programs (U.S. & International)
Putting philanthropic capital to work in the real world
WHAT WE DO
- Social sector program design and delivery at the local and national level
- Open and closed calls for proposals and grantee selection support (grantee identification, due diligence, and selection)
- Full grantmaking support functions, including grant agreement development and disbursement of funds
- Capacity building support for grantees
- Grantee monitoring, evaluation, and reporting
- Staff site visits, client learning trips, grantee/project storytelling
Designing and Delivering Programs (U.S. & International)
Putting philanthropic capital to work in the real world
WHAT WE DO
- Social sector program design and delivery at the local and national level
- Open and closed calls for proposals and grantee selection support (grantee identification, due diligence, and selection)
- Full grantmaking support functions, including grant agreement development and disbursement of funds
- Capacity building support for grantees
- Grantee monitoring, evaluation, and reporting
- Staff site visits, client learning trips, grantee/project storytelling