What if our funders in the West change their giving priorities? How can I raise funds here – I don’t believe there is significant giving potential. Will using a Western model of fundraising really work in my country? How can I manage the necessary reporting requirements?
We hear you. And we’re here to help you
understand, find and add local sources of
funding to your existing overseas support.
Advancing Generosity & Organizations
Proago consultants walk alongside organizations who seek a holistic, values-based approach to fundraising, focused on mobilizing local people and resources. Our work is tailored to the national culture and prioritizes domestic assets, while maintaining existing sources of foreign funding. We help leaders become more generous people themselves, resulting in highly-relational strategies, not merely transactional ones.
Three-Phase Development Program
PHASE ONE: THINK BIG
Reflecting on Values
Leaders of organizations know the importance of being mission driven. They are led by their vision – what they value as people and seek to accomplish through their organization.
In Phase 1, we reflect on the foundational values of the organization through personal study and wider group work, resulting in a new corporate statement of Fundraising Philosophy.
PHASE TWO: START SMALL
INCREMENTAL REFINEMENTS
Having laid a biblical foundation and vision, in Phase 2 our work introduces key elements of domestic fundraising success to build the knowledge and skill of organizational leaders.
Utilizing a variety of assessments, our team will help identify areas of growth, and coach leaders toward culturally-appropriate strategies to implement at the right time and at the right pace.
PHASE THREE: ACT NOW
ONGOING COACHING
Specific plans and strategies are valuable, but creating a sustainable fundraising culture that stands the test of time necessitates continual action, and a seasoned coach.
In Phase 3, our commitment is to walk alongside organizations – for as long as is needed without creating dependency – helping co-create a lasting system of fundraising that adheres to the organization's vision. Our ongoing work together produces a cadence of continued actionable steps to take, not just ideas, to keep organizations moving forward.
Proago Distinctives
Local
It is common for most Majority World organizations to have a high percentage of their total income attributed to foreign sources. Our added focus on local, domestic sources fosters a balanced base of support.
Empowering
We help equip and train leaders of organizations to do their own fundraising. We do not solicit on their behalf. Rather, we walk alongside, looking for local resources and strengths in order to share the responsible work of fundraising.
contextualized
With biblical values as a common standard, we will help you assess and better understand your national and organizational culture. Through a process of facilitated reflections, then skill development, and eventually coaching, we treat every organization and every individual in a highly-relational way that upholds values and honors others.