Funders

The International Monetary Fund was looking to enhance their campaign strategy and marketing materials to increase awareness and engagement. Their team was interested in exploring volunteer opportunities for employees and sought to increase support for those devastated by disasters around the world.

Seeking to establish a Fund to target a specific issue or population? Looking for a way to easily and quickly integrate funding partners? How will you provide operational support to move the money and serve as project staff?

Even in a data rich world, finding donors to join your cause is often difficult. As one foundation learned, this can be especially true for more distant geographies and newer initiatives.   

Determining where and how to best invest in development or philanthropic funding can be difficult. What is already being done by other actors? What are a country’s greatest needs? How do these needs align with your giving priority?

For a new organization, balancing day-to-day operations while thinking about big picture issues ahead is hard. Nonetheless, systems, policies, and budgets that stand the test of time are essential—both for the moment and the future.

Scaling up a multi-generational philanthropy strategy can have the same growing pains as any endeavor. Is everyone on board? What direction do you go? And what are the side effects of expansion?