Jan 10, 2026 | Donors, Strategy, Uncategorized
disaster philanthropy challenges & opportunities Webinar In this webinar of our Funders Focus Series we explore the evolving landscape of disaster philanthropy with Sharad Aggarwal, Vice President of Fund Management & Coalition Building at Center for Disaster...
Nov 20, 2025 | Donors, Strategy
Shifting Gears - From Grantmaking to Partnership Webinar The Signify Foundation recently made a bold move and shifted its focus from traditional grantmaking to building partnerships. What does this mean for NGOs? In this HVFC Funders Focus webinar, we speak with Yue...
Apr 20, 2025 | Donors, Strategy
The Impact of Unrestricted Funding Webinar In this Funders Focus Series webinar, we talk about unrestricted funding and its impact on nonprofit effectiveness with Dr. Pamala Wiepking, the Stead Family Chair in International Philanthropy at the Lilly Family School of...
Sep 20, 2024 | Donors, Donors, Free tools, HVFC News, Strategy, 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...
Mar 28, 2024 | Donors, HVFC News, Strategy
The Hague Humanity Hub and HVFC International launch the Access to Funding Program The Hague Humanity Hub and HVFC International are excited to launch a dedicated program on fundraising knowledge and capability building for organizations and professionals in the peace...
Aug 23, 2023 | Strategy
Fondsenwerving in het VK, Singapore en de VS The following paragraphs are an excerpt from a featured article on Vakblad Fondsenwerving. To read the whole article, please visit this link. Aan tafel zitten vier adviseurs van bureau HVFC International die werkzaam zijn...
Jul 10, 2023 | Donors, Strategy
New tax scheme for Singapore philanthropy Singapore is set to implement a new tax scheme that will enable donors with family offices to receive a 100% tax deduction for overseas donations, effective on January 1st, 2024. This marks a significant shift in the...
Mar 21, 2023 | Donors, Strategy
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...
Mar 30, 2022 | Proposals, Strategy
The winning consortium It is no surprise that one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Goal 17, focuses on partnerships. Goal 17 underlines that strong partnerships and cooperation are crucial for the realization of SDGS. “The world is more interconnected than...
Dec 15, 2021 | Donors, 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 | Donors, 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 | Donors, 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 | 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 | Donors, Strategy
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...
Apr 1, 2020 | Strategy, Strategy
Free Handbook Diversify Your Funding This guide provides recommendations to help your organization’s efforts towards resource diversification. Many organizations are in the process of diversifying their funding, moving from relying on one or a few major donors...
Feb 26, 2020 | Donors, Strategy
WHAT COULD THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT AID FUNDING BE? Recently, Partos published a booklet that aims to give an overview of the opportunities, challenges and impacts of a number of innovative financing instruments in the development aid sector, such as cash transfers,...
Oct 23, 2019 | Strategy
How experimental is the approach of Nobel Prize Laureate Esther Duflo? Last week we could all read that Esther Duflo — along with her partner in her work and in life Abhijit Banerjee, as well as Michael Kremer – became the second female economist to win the...
Jul 15, 2019 | Donors, Strategy
HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OF SUMMER AS A FUNDRAISER I was recently asked the question on how fundraising professionals could best use the summer months. I believe that there are two types of fundraisers, each with a different experience. Some have the freedom of mind to...
Jun 26, 2019 | Strategy
EXPLORING INNOVATIVE FINANCING MODELS There seems to be a certain consensus that the hay days of Official Development Assistance (ODA) are over and that we need other financial models to achieve the goal of lifting mankind out of extreme poverty. These so called...
May 6, 2019 | Donors, Strategy
3 REASONS TO ENTER THE US FUNDING MARKET I just returned from a week working from our office in Washington D.C. This was a great opportunity to work with our local team, to meet our partners and relations, and to get new insights on the US philanthropy landscape. Over...
Feb 14, 2019 | Strategy
5 REASONS TO DIVERSIFY YOUR FUNDRAISING Last year, we organized our first workshop in Washington D.C. where almost 40 participants from over 30 different organizations gathered to explore various solutions and strategies to diversify their funding. This article gives...
Jan 18, 2019 | Strategy
THE PERFECT FUNDRAISING STRATEGY Recently I had a series of interviews with the ”top-fundraisers” of the World Bank. These top-fundraisers are responsible for acquiring funds for the Capital Injections in the bank as well as for the so-called Trust Funds and the...
Dec 6, 2018 | Strategy
WHY WE ARE IN THE U.S.A. In 2018 we opened our US office: HVFC USA, Inc. With our amazing team of associate consultants we are working towards the diversification of fundraising opportunities for organizations in the U.S.A. and worldwide! Since 2018 a lot has happend....
Nov 29, 2018 | Donors, Strategy
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...
