Fundraising in the UK, Singapore and the US (in Dutch)
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...
New Tax Scheme for Singapore Philanthropy
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...
Webinar: How you can tap into the US foundations market for your nonprofit
How you can 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....
The Winning Consortium
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...
Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 influencing USAID’s new vision?
Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 influencing USAID’s new vision? Learn how to work with USAID Last month, USAID Administrator Samantha Power outlined “A New Vision for Global Development,” which places inclusive development at the fore of the Agency’s...
The power of a strong 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...
Fundraising during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
HVFC Trends Research on Fundraising | Takeaway 5 Fundraising during and after the COVID-19 pandemic Explore all takeaways The COVID-19 pandemic causes economic uncertainty. Many development professionals expressed worries that COVID-19 and the corresponding...
Building strong relationships for successful partnerships
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...
Striking a balance between trust and accountability
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...
Finding funds for overhead and unearmarked funding
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...
Outdoing your growing competition in the fundraising landscape
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...
Webinar: How to Boost Your Fundraising Results with the Right Strategy
How to Boost Your Fundraising Results with the Right Strategy Webinar In this webinar, we explain how your fundraising strategy can become a helpful tool to boost your results, rather than a necessary evil! We believe that there is a difference between just a...
Free Handbook: Diversify Your Funding
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...
What could the future of development aid funding be?
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,...
How experimental is the approach of Nobel Prize Laureate Esther Duflo?
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...
How to make the best of summer as a fundraiser
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...
Exploring Innovative Financing Models
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...
3 Reasons to enter the US funding market
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...
Five reasons to diversify your fundraising
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...
The perfect fundraising 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...
The benefits of having an office in the USA!
THE BENEFITS OF HAVING AN OFFICE IN THE U.S.A. In 2018 we opened an office in Washington D.C. Since then, our U.S. has doubled and now counts two experienced consultants who are working towards the diversification of fundraising opportunities for organizations in the...
How to navigate through 501(c)3
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...
