Mar 14, 2025 | All, Donors, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, HVFC News, Webinars
Understanding the Netherlands' New Development Priorities Webinar On 20 February 2025, the Dutch government has introduced a new direction for its development policy, as outlined in the Beleidsbrief Ontwikkelingshulp. With significant budget cuts and a sharpened focus...
Mar 13, 2025 | All, Donors, European Commission, Free tools, Strategy, Webinars
Navigating European Commission Funding Webinar This webinar – part of HVFC’s Funders Focus Series- focuses on European Commission funding, a key resource for NGOs working in international development. We cover the following topics in this webinar: ✅...
Feb 18, 2025 | All, Donors, European Commission, Free tools, Strategy
Free tool European Commission Funding Readiness Quick Scan Is Your Organization Ready for EC Funding? Applying for European Commission funding can be challenging, but our Quick Scan helps you assess your readiness with ease. Answer a few key questions, and our experts...
Sep 20, 2024 | All, Donors, Free tools, HVFC News, Strategy
White Paper Implications of the new Dutch international development budget A sector under pressure The Dutch government’s newly proposed international development budget introduces drastic cuts that will reshape the sector. Starting with a €300 million reduction in...
Sep 18, 2024 | All, Donors, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, HVFC News, Webinars
BROWN BAG LUNCH ON THE NEW DUTCH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET Webinar HVFC and the Hague Humanity Hub hosted a brown bag lunch session to discuss the new Dutch international development budget released on 17 September 2024. We were joined by Koos de Bruijn,...
Mar 21, 2023 | All, Donors, Fundraising Insights, Strategy, US Foundations, Webinars
How to tap into the US foundations market for your nonprofit Webinar Global giving by US foundations keeps on growing. How can you tap into it? At 90+ billion USD per year (Giving USA, 2022), the US foundation market is enormous. And it keeps on growing steadily. Many...
Dec 15, 2021 | All, Donors, Free tools, Fundraising Insights, Strategy
HVFC Trends Research on Fundraising | Takeaway 6 The power of a strong strategy Explore all takeaways The competition in the fundraising landscape is growing. This is even more so with the constantly changing COVID-19 situation which causes economic uncertainty. In...
Dec 15, 2021 | All, Donors, Fundraising Insights, Strategy
HVFC Trends Research on Fundraising | Takeaway 4 Building strong relationships for successful partnerships Explore all takeaways Some of you noticed a shift from bilateral donors to a more economic approach to development cooperation. On the one hand, bilateral...
Dec 15, 2021 | All, Donors, Free tools, Strategy
HVFC Trends Research on Fundraising | Takeaway 3 Striking a balance between trust and accountability Explore all takeaways From the challenges on reporting-, financial management-, and increasing threshold criteria, and from the challenges on getting unearmarked...
Dec 15, 2021 | All, Donors, Strategy
HVFC Trends Research on Fundraising | Takeaway 2 Finding funds for overhead and unearmarked funding Explore all takeaways Both survey respondents and interviewees emphasized the importance of unearmarked funding, especially to quickly act in unexpected situations...
Dec 13, 2021 | All, Donors
HVFC Trends Research on Fundraising | Takeaway 1 outdoing your growing competition in the fundraising landscape Explore all takeaways Competition in the fundraising sector is becoming increasingly challenging to manage. Related to this, most of you find it...
Jul 23, 2020 | All, Donors, Fundraising Insights
MAPPING AND APPROACHING NEW DONORS Addressing SOME COMMON QUESTIONS Fundraising is certainly a strenous yet worthwhile journey. The challenges and rewards of fundraising especially increase substantially when it comes to finding new donors. How can NGOs position...
May 3, 2020 | All, Donors
Top 5 African grant making organizations supporting projects in Africa Curious to know what are the popular African based organizations that are making grants in Africa? In a previous blog, we discussed which were the top 5 organizations channeling international aid...
Apr 28, 2020 | All, Donors, Fundraising Insights
In Times Of Crisis: Philanthropy and Friendships go hand in hand q The New Normal In a matter of hours, my life changed drastically. I was suddenly working from home, when I would normally be in the office or out meeting with donors. I had a roommate sharing my...
Apr 1, 2020 | All, Donors, Strategy
Free Handbook Negotiation Skills for Nonprofits Why negotiation is essential to fundraising, communications and partnerships. People who join nonprofits generally love the word cooperation. One cannot change the world alone: joining forces with others —colleagues,...
Feb 5, 2020 | All, Donors
OVERVIEW OF THE TOP INSTITUTIONAL DONORS FOR PROJECTS IN ETHIOPIA Did you know that Ethiopia was the first recipient of Dutch official development assistance (ODA) in 2017, before Afghanistan, Bangladesh and the Syrian Arab Republic? Did you also know that the country...
Nov 20, 2019 | All, Donors, Fundraising Insights
Opportunities for Growth at the AEA Annual Conference From November 11-16, 2019 I attended the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Annual Conference in Minneapolis Minnesota. The theme of the conference this year was Pathways to the Future of Evaluation and included...
Oct 30, 2019 | All, Donors, Free tools, Fundraising Insights, Proposal Writing
THEORY OF CHANGE EXPLAINED Theory of change (ToC) has emerged as the new favorite among donors like DFID, BUZA, US and UK foundations. Its popularity and its benefits are changing the way NGOs develop proposals and design programs. Have you ever wondered what Theory...
Oct 8, 2019 | All, Donors
HOW TO BUILD LASTING RELATIONSHIPS IN GHANA A colleague recently asked me what building a relationship meant from a Ghanaian perspective, from my perspective. Indeed, regardless of their type — work, romance, friendship, strategic partnerships, — relationships are...
May 21, 2019 | All, Donors, Free tools, Fundraising Insights, Strategy
OVERCOMING THE BARRIER OF UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS For many nonprofits, striving to expand and diversify their sources of funding is an absolute necessity to ensure survival. Over the past years, public funding for the charitable sector has decreased not only in the...
May 1, 2019 | All, Donors, Fundraising Insights, Strategy
Negotiation Skills for Nonprofits HOW TO BUILD STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Why negotiation should be at the heart of every nonprofit People who join nonprofits generally love the word cooperation. One cannot change the world alone: joining forces with others —colleagues,...
Apr 16, 2019 | All, Donors
Negotiation Skills for Nonprofits NEGOTIATE YOUR FUNDING SHARPEN YOUR NEGOTIATION SKILLS Why negotiation should be at the heart of every nonprofit People who join nonprofits generally love the word cooperation. One cannot change the world alone: joining forces with...
Nov 29, 2018 | All, Donors, Fundraising Insights
HOW TO NAVIGATE 501(C)3 Many European nonprofits are exploring fundraising opportunities in the United States. They see the potential in the philanthropic market of $410 billion according to Giving USA! This philanthropic market includes donations by individuals as...
Oct 25, 2018 | All, Donors, Free tools, Fundraising Insights, US Foundations
our top 5 websites to find grants in the u.S.A. Greetings from Washington DC! Currently, I am in the middle of a $ 410 Billion giving market. Isn’t that amazing? And that is not all: according to Giving USA, the American giving market is growing each year with a...
