In recent weeks, several organizations have contracted with us to perform a foundation search. One such group was Lamitnadev of Beit Shemesh, an organization that strives to encourage and strengthen the value of volunteering and social involvement of the residents in their communities.
A foundation search is a low cost alternative to having us prepare a strategic plan or writing a full proposal. While in general we advise clients to work on a plan which will enable them to free themselves from foundation funding, there are situations in which organizations want specifically this data:
- Often an NPO will have on staff someone whose responsibility includes fundraising. Therefore they have no need for an outside organization to write up a proposal or LOI. A foundation search gives them the data they need to develop new resources (apart from their existing donors).
- Many organizations run on a shoe string budget. Whatever resources they have goes to programming. An organization like this can take the data that we provide, turn it over to a volunteer responsible for resource development, and have that person make applications to foundations.
When we perform a foundation search, we provide a great deal of data. You receive the names of all the pertinent foundations in order of priority, all their contact information, details of the projects they support, application guidelines, limitations and deadlines, trustees and key contacts. Where applicable we will also include our insider information about the foundations.
You can read here more about this service and how it can help your group in its effort to develop new resources.
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