Possibilities of Funding for New NGOs
May 16, 2013 By
Fundraising for a young NGO presents several challenges you should be aware of in order to move your first steps towards a future of success.
First of all, you have to understand that without a track record of projects successfully implemented and budgetcorrectly administered, it is difficult to gain trust of international agencies and to secure large funding for projects. Rather than feeling frustrated, you should consider this time as a very exciting period because you are yet to demonstrate what you can do and, as such, you should employ all your creative resources to become visible and build your profile as a reliable and strong partner.
First of all, make yourself known. Locate other NGOs working in the territory with similar aims and goals. Ask to meet relevant NGO members to present yourself and the organisation. Come to meetings prepared. Work on a presentation that is able to explain the reasons why your NGO was born and propose ideas for projects you want to implement. Ask for advice. Remember that other members of civil society are your partners and not competitors. As such, allow them to give feedback on your ideas and ask them to help you in developingstrategies to ensure financial sustainability. For instance, you could ask for copies of projects they have already implemented to understand how to write a project proposal and to have an idea of budget requirements. Go tocommunity meetings and to public discussions to introduce the organisation. What is at stake is your credibility. It is important to show commitment, to make informed remarks, and also to demonstrate willingness to participate in ongoing projects and activities.
Second, use the information you are collecting while introducing the organisation. Keep a list with contact details of relevant associations or individuals who might be of help. Research their background and ask information about their current activities. Create possibilities for your organisation to join in existing projects and become a partner. You have to be extremely proactive. As such, you could either ask to collaborate on existing projects to learn from the others and acquire some experience or you could propose new collaborative projects involving people and organisations you came to know. If you are about to propose new projects, make sure to get the help of senior partners to draft proposals and the budget. If you work with NGOs with a strong profile, it will be easier for the project to get funded. These collaborations will be vital for your future projects. On the one hand, you will gain first had experience. On the other hand, your organisation will start building up its public profile and it will gain more credibility in the eyes of future donors.
Third, get networked. There are many existing networks sponsored by international agencies and local governments to facilitate exchanges and communication among civil society actors. Make a list of networks relevant for your organisation and ask to become a member. It is likely that these networks will disseminate calls for proposals and collaborations, which is very helpful when you are still learning where and how to ask for funding.
Fourth, remember that all major agencies such as the UN have special calls for young NGOs. These calls are meant to facilitate the starting-up of new projects and to support new actors. Despite the fact that thecompetition is fierce, you should nevertheless pitch your ideas and remember “fortune favours the brave!”
We shall offer various workshops and capacity building programmes that will help the affected Communities to develop skills and knowledge that is vital for survival and to live a better life.
Short term(1-3 years): provide within Gauteng Province
Medium Term(3-5 Years): Provide the entire Republic of South Africa
Long term(Over 5 years): Provide SADEC Region
The programmes shall include but not limited to:
i. Street Law
• To impart knowledge about democracy, Elections and political parties
• To teach communities about their constitutional rights and obligations
• To teach communities about what constitutes Crime and unlawful behaviour
• To inculcate the spirit of ubuntu and moral regeneration
• To teach communities about family law, consumer law etc.
• To inform communities about how and where to access social services and grants offered by the state
• To offer support and legal intervention and counselling to the affected communities
• To offer Debt Counselling clinic to the affected communities
• To identify drug addiction and delinquencies amongst the youth
• To provide intervention programmes that will help to rehabilitate the affected groups
• To identify and offer post rehabilitation and after-care programs that will ensure that the affected youth do not return back to drug abuse tendencies
• Identify skills development programmes that will help the rehabilitated juveniles to work with their hands
• Identify skills development programmes for people who do not have higher Education but can work with their hands
• Provide Numeracy and literacy skills
• To help the people who failed Matric to rewrite their examinations
• To help Learners with special needs to cope and integrate into the circular education system
• To offer extra lessons for matriculants in Maths, Science and Accounting
Spectra is registered organization in Rajasthan, india. we are working in rural area i.e overall development – Health , Education , Water and sanitation , Livelihood etc.
so pls associate us with your funding pat terns for rural development.
Dear Sir/Madam,
We take the opportunity to introduce ourselves as a development agency (NGO), whose aim is to fight poverty and injustice. Since 2002, we are trying to work with the poor and marginalized tribal people of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Orissa of India, almost without any fund. We are working with local communities to address collectively the people’s movements, poverty, inequity and injustice.
We are reaching out with the target groups, through SHGs (Self-Help Groups) of which, mostly are poor and marginalized, belong to tribal communities, supporting them in their struggle to access their rights to food, shelter, work, education, healthcare and human security and helping them have their voice in the development decisions affecting their lives and livelihood.
The people we work with include the dalit and tribal people, other sections of the rural poor, women, children, and minorities. Within these groups, our focus is on people in vulnerable situations such as people living with chronic hunger, ill health, migrant and bonded workers, children out of education, homeless people, trafficked persons, persons with disability, displaced people and refugees, and people affected by natural and human-made disasters.
As we are working with the Tribal and other backward communities at the Purulia, Balasore and East Singhbhum districts, under the State of West Bengal, Orissa & Jharkhand respectively, that are why, we would like to propose the welfare program for the children and the women of Tribal and other backward communities for said areas. Both the areas are hilly and forest with tribal dominated.
Member Secretary, SPREAD
I’ve found these tips highly useful and informative especially that am busy with my colleagues battling hard to market our new initiative. is it also workable that we can send organizational profiles to Funders and other CSO’s while introducing our selves as anew organization? what other creativity can we put in’ in order to gain visibility within a short period?i am grateful for this information, good times
yours Sylivia. Kyomuhendo
Really we are very much thankful for your response and of course thanks to ‘www.fundsforngos.org”.
Member Secretary, SPREAD/India
i am from rasthiya gramin jan vikas yojna and we are working for widows and poor children ….. we are helping that person who are helpless and poor ….we need some help and donation for this organisation .pls contact us and join our organisation and serve the nation…..
anjali sharma
sdo
the fist of all I would like to respected ladies and g entailment who are donor please help to support AIF Cambodia, we volunteer group from Cambodia had agree established Aisa International Fellowship Organization for Charities Program (Together for Charities) in Cambodia which will be held
Children in rural area, We selected Poor Child, Child got HIV/AIDS, Children Street, Child got domestic violence and Orphan Children to follow up them and help them in love of Jesus. So we would like to Call for all of donor please support this project to help Children in Cambodia,
at the first beginning of our project aim to help orphans, Children Street, Children poor no goal to get the true rosy future with knowledge and be able to feed their own living up and within this situation.
Phnom Penh Cambodia, May God Bless you!
We have an organization working in rural community addressing thematic issues under minining like education ,Health women rights advocacy and food security among others ,measures of poverty alleviation we have all the ideas but lack substancial funds to make meaningful impact on the peopes lives and livelihood systems.
I am Sita Sharma from Nepal . I am a founder and president of Empowering Nepal . it is a newly formed NGO established in 1013 with the vision of promoting young women and disabled and abandoned orphan children .we aim to work in women health, education, skill development and women empowerment . we also work in child right, education, nutrition and child education. .Please help us to know how can we get funds to uplift the social and economical condition of Nepalese women and children .
Regards
My NGO: ADET based in Togo worl for social development and sustainable development of Togo, Africa and worldwide, we are looking for organisation to partner with. Please can you assist us ?
best regards
Since inception we have been able to advance to members loans worth sh. 700,000/= and have seen members lives improve throigh income generating activities which range from dairy farming to small shops and even chicken keeping.
We intend to expand our activities and include advances repayable in 36 months in order to undertake bigger projects like acquisition of semi-permanent and permanent homes. We are looking for partiners who can assist us in increasing our revolving fund.
pls I wanted to work for Organisation called reach for change currently in Ghana, looking for agent who will take care of children in our respective communities which involved several question for an answer, and deadline is on the 6th august of which i would want you to help me solve the questions so that i can be their agent to work and develop specialty with them pls.
I have an NGO like that of Pastor Ben Kimbowa, Can you pls help me out.
To work for the humanity, for the society, Shah Abdul Aziz Foundation anchored to start its activities and to meet the vision, the foundation is interested to work as a partner to eliminate poverty from the society and always ready to fight for human right.
Thanks All and please visit us at and also please advise to
Muhammed Alee Mansur
CEO
shalikram chaudhari
SSRC/NRMC
Regards
Pooja
Regards
Will wait
After that you will be receiving information about funding opportunities.
Rui Oliveira
Un Online Volunteer
I am a newly posted principal to a school with hearing impaired children from very poor background in Kenya called KAKAMEGA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. Could someone please help us form a website please? Another challenge we have as indicated above is very poor enrollment due to fee problem. Feeding the children is a very big task. I have received and re-admitted children but their upkeep is a challenge.Kindly help us on writing the proposal for funding.
Gibson.
Rui Oliveira
UN Online Volunteer
HigherLife Foundation
Tororo, Uganda
it me Rabindra panta….from nepal….i have ngo….which work in disable children,orphans children n street children in nepal…..plz help us….because there is no any altritive sources…to fulfully to complets,….demans…..then plz help our ngo……i am also disable person then i know bitter expricences…to this field…then plz help us…..
rabindra this side sadanand shukla we r going to start our ngo in india bt we also keen interested to work in country like nepal so if u thought that we can work together in near future and the most important thing is ur believe ,how much you believe on us that will really add some good responce..
my room mate was also from nepal ,so you can also take as guarantee… reply me if you thought that we can work together on my mail id
we are new ngo and want to provide family atmosphare to orphanage and old age neglected people who have also right to live happy and peaceful life. we bought some 10 bigha land for this purpose but now we have no money to construct building and looking for help in this regard so we can serve these people as soon as possible. plz help such unfortunate people to become fortunate.