🟢 The Board raises funds and is generally considered to demonstrate mentoring, facilitating, or nurturing fundraising work

Highly developed: Board involvement and its optimal use for fundraising is evident.

Reflection:

• Review Board composition and make it more contemporary with changing development landscape.
• No response required as board is not supposed to be involved in any fundraising work, and it is managed by professionals/practitioners.
• Creating structures within the Board specifically to drive FR ambitions; like a Council, a sub-committee etc. and develop clear agenda for the new structure, with the Board Scope of Board engagement for fundraising - define better.
• Reach out to Board more effectively and find better ways of engaging them in FR work- for opening doors, driving strategy, network etc.
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Action:

• No action necessary.
• Develop a fresh Board engagement plan.
• Bring in new Board members, who could be influencers.
• Develop proper FR role for the Board and make them self-evaluate during each Board meetings.
• Create a new Council reporting to Board Chair or the CEO- council comprising a group of global influencers.
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Notes for Development:

1. Board involvement and its optimal use for fundraising is evident.
2. Skill share your knowledge with other like minded organisations, FF Partner in terms of how the Board is managed, its composition, etc.
3. Consider if as an organisation you could bring in more precision and objectivity in terms of how the Board is provided with data and other information, to even further improve their contribution to fundraising.