FR work done (shared efficiently) by other staffs/Board members - Developing

Reflection:

• What are the root cause for lack of development in fundraising operations?
• How can a fundraising team structure be determined?
• Do we need an expansion plan?
• Market does not provide scope of hiring? How do we solve the problem?
• Conventional operational arrangements will not best fit in our context, what kind of fundraising structure may best serve us? 
• A starting budget can be provided for urgent hiring. No response required.
• Others- 

Action:

• Conduct an internal structural audit to mitigate risks
• Develop a longer- term fundraising plan
• Develop a hiring strategy- identify gaps that must be filled urgently 
• Create a budget or raise the required seed money
• Consider internal role switch/role improvement 
• No action necessary
• Others-

Notes for Development:

1. Fundraising operations require development, but may not be an urgent need (based on effectiveness of present system and future feasibility)
   
   
2. Many charities manage fundraising in this manner- particularly the ones that are overwhelmingly dependent on institutional (grant) fundraising. The general pattern in such cases are that the charities are effective (cost effective and program delivery is mostly assured) but fundraising portfolios are mostly unidimensional, and fundraising for organisation development generally becomes difficult.
   
   
3. While your fundraising operation might be adequate to meet your programmatic expenses and a core cost now, it might be prudent to develop a more advanced fundraising portfolio by bringing in multifarious fundraising skill in the organisation.