Fundraising Prospects Research
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Our organization is seeking a volunteer to research potential fundraising prospects that want to support our mission and programs.
Our mission is to achieve lasting positive change in poor and disadvantaged communities in Malawi by improving the quality, availability and use of water and sanitation, promoting self-reliance, and ending aid dependency.
Prospect research is a key element of successful fundraising. Identifying mission-aligned foundations, who also have the capacity to give meaningful donations, is the first step of building a mutual and meaningful relationship with a donor.
Areas of interest for potential foundations:
- Relief of poverty in Malawi/Africa/developing countries
- Water,sanitation and hygiene
- Food security and irrigation
- Pre schools and early years education
- Health
- Social enterprises
- Education and training
- Sustainable small scale businesses/education and training
- A document with about 25 funding prospects and information about them.
- Your recommendation on who to approach first.
- Website links to our mission and programs- to understand our goals and needs.
- An Excel template for tracking prospects, including certain metrics for each.
- List of prospect research resources.
Milestones
Kick Off Meeting
- Get to know each other.
- Review the project resources.
- Discuss the project, deliverables, and expectations.
Research Prospects
- You independently conduct the research.
- Compile the prospects in the template given and supply information about them according to the template.
- Rank them according to likelihood of funding us.
Discuss results
- We discuss your research.
- We celebrate you helping us further our mission.
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UN SDGs supported
About NPO
Overview
We are committed to ending water poverty and aid dependency in Malawi for under-served and isolated populations. Founded in 1998, we have been delivering clean water in sub-Saharan Africa for more than 20 years. Our innovative business led approaches, supporting local water entrepreneurs, help us develop practically sustainable solutions to improving water access for poor communities, householders, and farmers. Empowering people to improve their own lives. We also invest in future generations by providing community water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities, enabling children to survive, thrive and play.
Mission
Our mission is to achieve lasting positive change in poor and disadvantaged communities in Malawi by improving the quality, availability and use of water and sanitation, promoting self-reliance, and ending aid dependency.
History
In the last twenty years, over 10,000 communities and 1.9 million people have been given access to safe, clean water due to our life-changing programmes.
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