Explore new opportunities: Keep a flexible approach while looking for new opportunities you may have to modify your priorities to adopt to changes. Develop new partnerships: To develop a sustainable organization you should develop new partnerships. These partnerships will make you stable and will also help you in taking your mission ahead. Boost existing relations:… [Read More]
How to create successful partnerships with NGOs
So here are a few tips for creating successful partnerships with NGOs: Find the ‘cause’ your company is going to support and then choose: In your boardroom discussions, your company’s strategies are decided, and CSR strategies are no different. Once you are clear about what cause aligns with your business values, do your research and… [Read More]
Why is financial management important for NGOs
Financial Management is a vital activity in any organization. It is the process of planning, organizing, controlling and monitoring financial resources with a view to achieve organizational goals and objectives. It is an ideal practice for controlling the financial activities of an organization such as procurement of funds, utilization of funds, accounting, payments, risk assessment… [Read More]
What is a Non-Governmental Organization?
Historical records suggest that the term Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) came in to use in 1945. The term was coined during one of the conferences of The United Nations, as a measure to distinguish organizations from inter-governmental and member organizations. Though the term NGO received recognition only after 1945, studies suggest that several organizations were… [Read More]
How NGOs can avoid falling for phishing emails?
Phishing emails are one of the most common ways to dupe NGOs with false promises of grant money offered by unknown individuals. Here are some tips on how NGOs can avoid falling into phishing email traps. Do not expose your email: Online scammers hunt for your emails everywhere. Unfortunately, these scammers even pay some individuals… [Read More]
Why are NGOs targeted by Online Fraudsters?
NGOs in developing countries are most vulnerable to these online fraudsters that not only offer false promises of arranging grants but also use fake identities of donor agencies to win their trust. These fraudsters are quite aware of the fact that there are millions of small and struggling NGOs working in remote areas of Africa,… [Read More]
Are their funders or donors who give grants for recreation activities for children? I deal in children entertainment and in Uganda so many children deserve modern recreation but cannot afford it. How might go about this for them?
Yes, of course! There are funders and donors providing funding for projects that encourage recreation activities for children, especially sports. ‘Sports and Development’ has become a popular concept in international development and more and more donors are considering it as a tool for empowering poor communities around the world. We cover upcoming grant information on… [Read More]
I am an individual going through some financial difficulties. How can I raise funds to help myself and my family?
People and families can fall into hardship for all kinds of reasons. From a poor harvest to having to pay medical bills, to an accident, to a natural disaster, life can cause serious problems for people all over the world that they may not able to resolve on their own. So what can an individual… [Read More]
I am running a fundraising campaign. How can I measure its progress or evaluate its impact?
To improve either your individual fundraising skills or the effectiveness of an organization’s fundraising you first need to understand where you are. There are a number of tools and strategies that can be employed to measure the efficiency of your fundraising, highlight strengths and weakness and showcase opportunities to make a greater impact. How do… [Read More]
What Organizations and Foundations are currently donating seed funding for smaller new NGOs for Roadsafety for African countries?
Road safety is a very specific niche area and very few international donors actually consider it as a priority and offer limited funding for it. However, we do compile such grant opportunities as and well available at this link: https://www2.fundsforngos.org/category/accidents-and-traffic/. Seed grants for road safety is another rarity but if your project proposal is highly… [Read More]
