Let’s truly build the fundraising capacity of your grantees and local partners
I know you are committed to building the capacity of your grantees and local partners.
I know you are committed to ensuring your grantees and local partners can successfully raise the funding to not only continue but grow their programming and impact in the coming years.
The question is:
Are you giving them the training + coaching + hands-on feedback they need to make this a reality?
The majority of NGOs, nonprofits, and social enterprises...
Don’t know where to focus their philanthropic fundraising energy.
Don´t know how to find donors or calls for proposals.
Are confused why their asks and proposals often get a “no”.
Don’t trust their gut on fundraising.
Don’t see the incredible strengths and assets they already have for fundraising.
Don´t know HOW to take their next step. Such as not knowing how to write grant proposals that will get accepted (what to share, what language to use, how to develop indicators, and more)
Don´t know how to deepen their relationships with their existing donors to get follow-on funding.
If global south and local organizations are to successfully compete for funding, they need more than a half-day training.
They need layered capacity strengthening. This means high-quality training, coupled with coaching and the opportunity to put it into practice and get feedback.
That is how I help.
- Erin Mooney, Executive Director
Natün Guatemala
"Shoshana is a powerhouse within the granting landscape and has truly transformed our grant capacity as an organization.
She is strategic, deeply experienced, and beyond effective in helping organizations identify funding opportunities and make their case in a powerful way. I cannot recommend her highly enough."
“By working with Shoshana, we captured well over $300,000 last year, surpassing our goal by almost $150,000.”
-Natün Guatemala
Trusted by funders
About Shoshana
Over the last 15 years, Shoshana ran the fundraising and communications department of a local Mexican NGO and then worked with the Inter-American Development Bank, the Danone Ecosystem Fund, Chemonics, the fundraising consultancy Black Fox Global, social enterprises seeking philanthropic funding, and local NGOs across the world. As a result, she brings a unique set of tools to the table, as well as a deep respect for the challenges of fundraising. She is results-oriented to the max.
Shoshana holds a Master’s in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s in Public Health and Latin American studies.
My support is all about getting a fundraising insider expert on the side of your grantees and local partners so they can exceed their fundraising goals and make the world a better place without working themselves to the bone.
Over 4-12 months (based on what you and your partners prefer), we will work together to build your grantees’ or partners’ critical knowledge, tools, systems and hands-on experience. They will get powered up quickly so they can bring in funding for years to come while ensuring their sanity (and even happiness!).
By the end, for example, they can: have a list of perfect-fit funders with next steps to reach out to each one, a best-in-class grants package and have already gotten tailored proposals out the door so they continue bringing in more and more grant funding for years to come. (We may even have a mini dance party and take a bunch of deep breaths along the way!)
By doing this in a group format, with offline hands-on support for each organization individually, we build true capacity and catalyze peer-to-peer learning.
It is also a powerful way for you to stand out as a funder or intermediary.
What your grantees / local partners will get
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LIVE training
I do both multi-day in-person workshops and multi-session virtual trainings. I am always happy to decide together what is best for your grantees or local partners.
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Hand-crafted materials
Easy worksheets, templates and done-for-them materials
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Hands-on support
And personalized feedback from me on all their funder research, proposals and supporting materials!
How it works
This intensive is designed to fit seamlessly into the daily fundraising work of your grantees or local partners.
It gives them the tools and feedback to REALLY SUCCESSFULLY identify and execute their next philanthropic fundraising steps. And whenever they hit a bump or are unsure of the next right step, I will be right there to guide them.
We’ll regularly meet as a group to map out their next action steps and give them the skills for success. These videocalls will be recorded, so they can share them with any team members who aren’t able to join live or who join your team later (even years later!).
After each call, they will put into practice what they have learned, receiving my hands-on support so they can make big, concrete steps toward their funding goal.
I will also be available via email in between our sessions to troubleshoot and answer any questions to ensure they can hit their funding goals. They’ll have my support ongoing for the entire collaboration.
SAMPLE COLLABORATION 1: “Get Funded with Ease” Grants Intensive
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1. Identify perfect-fit funders
Grantees or local partners will learn how to find the grant funders that will be excited to fund them, will champion their work and can be their partners over the long term. They will identify what will make those funders say yes to THEM.
GET DIRECTION
2. Create a target list of 25 perfect-fit funders
Grantees or local partners will learn where to look, what to look for (that “6th sense of fundraising”) and how to reach out to potential grant funders so they say yes to them. Then, they will create their target list.
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3. Create a best-in-class grants package
Grantees or local partners will learn the secrets of grants that get read and approved. Then, they will develop a powerful grants package and presentation that they will be able to share with a limitless number of funders with minimal extra effort.
GET RESULTS
4. Get proposals out the door
Grantees or local partners will start sending tailored proposals off to grant funders so that invitations and funding can start coming in!
GET MORE FUNDING WITH LESS RESTRICTIONS
BONUS: Get donors to keep donating
Grantees or local partners will learn how to engage their funders, tell their story and report in a way that converts their funders to multi-year donors and catalyzes their impact to a whole new level.
SAMPLE COLLABORATION 2: “Fundraising Diagnostic + Roadmap + Action”
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1. Quick & dirty fundraising diagnostic
I will take a high-level look at each grantee’s or local partner’s fundraising strategy, fundraising team capacity, IT systems, materials and results so far. This will allow me to identify the philanthropic fundraising strengths & weaknesses of each grantee or local partner and any “low-hanging fruit” funding opportunities for them.
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2. Fundraising strategy recommendation
Based on the diagnostic, and taking an asset-based approach, I will recommend which fundraising strategies are right-fit for each of your grantees or local partners.
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3. Tailored group trainings
These training sessions will be tailored to the recommended strategies. Topics may include: messaging, foundation relationships, high net worth donor cultivation, crowdfunding campaigns, grant writing, earned income, and more. Each session will include training, best practice sharing among the participants, and time to put their new skills and knowledge into action.
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4. Take action
I will accompany all your grantees or local partners as they put their learnings into action, walking the path with them, and being available to provide support whenever needed.
And we can tailor this.
Do your grantees or local partners need me to deep dive on some of these modules? Or maybe they have some of these down and we can skip over them. Or a 1-day on-site training? We can tailor each session to the needs of your grantee portfolio.
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“Shoshana is widely acknowledged in my network in Guatemala as one of the best in the field for making the fundraising process actionable and accessible for any organization.”
Cat Goyak,
El Directorio Guatemala board member -
“You delivered a phenomenal session, and our non-profit partners gained so much from your insights on the grant writing process.”
Irene Ogbo, GlobalGiving
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"Shoshana´s support has been exactly what we needed to put our growth plans on paper, identify which funders are right for us as a refugee shelter, and quickly learn the “how” of getting grants. We landed a new funder in the first 3 months!"
Ricardo Peña,
Hospitalidad y Solidaridad -
“Thanks to Shoshana and Funded with Ease, I have a clearer sense on how to improve my fundraising technique. She is the real deal and I highly recommend her and her company, particularly for smaller nonprofit organizations.”
Alexandra Spieldoch,
Bountifield International -
“What you do is vitally important and so many organizations need this. Because that new capacity stays in the organization. I see a before and after for Circula.”
Flor García,
Circula - Liderazgo Restaurativo -
“I am now confident that we are not losing money with each project we execute- we are ‘financially literate.’”
Halima Tus Sadia,
Spreeha Bangladesh -
“Shoshana did an incredible job synthesizing everything we sent her and sharing back to us what our unique magic is for a donor, where we are failing in our fundraising, and how we can improve (together with clear next steps and examples to guide us). It was enlightening. We are thrilled with the results."
Victor Moctezuma,
iLab -
“I can say that in the first 30 min call with you I got more wisdom, clarity and motivation than from years of reading books on the topic. There’s generic advice. And there’s your on-point-I-have-listened-to-you advice.”
Candela Iglesias Chiesa,
Alanda
Get a sense of my training style in this NGO masterclass:
”The 5 steps to win grants- and how to do them just right for each NGO”
Ready to make this happen for your grantees or local partners?
Let’s hop on a call to chat details.