After getting a better understanding of your funding expectations (grant amounts, donor location, thematic and geographic focus areas), we identify international foundations through desk research using various databases, search engines, websites of foundations, and more.

Based on the established research criteria, we determine the quality of the match between your organization and a set of foundations and share with you a consolidated mapping report.

Following the submission of the foundations mapping, we provide a comprehensive presentation of the findings in a strategy session, and guide you towards answering the following questions:

• Which opportunities do the matching foundations present?
• What should your strategy for approaching the matching foundations over the next couple of months be?
• Who in your team needs to do what, by when, and with which results?

The goal of donor profiling is to get a better understanding of the donors that appear to be the most interesting for you. Based on this research, we can give advice on what would be the best way for you to approach them. Donor profiles, including the main findings and strategy on how to approach them, are presented in a short memo per donor.

Following the findings of the donor mapping and/or profiling, we develop a relationship building strategy for the most promising donors together with you. Knowing that frequent, diversified and relevant contact moments are appreciated by (possible) donors, we guide you in multiplying the channels and tools for your outreach.

Once defined, we plan our actions well in advance and make sure that all relevant team members are involved and equipped to fit into the bigger relationship building picture. We also coordinate the outreach, monitor the progress and adjust the strategy where/if needed.

Added to this support, we can help you further with:

• Capacity support in outreach
• Pitch deck development
• Design of outreach materials