Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify factors influencing fundraising or sponsorship
- Identify relevant environmental issues in relation to fundraising and sponsorship
- Identify available sources of funding or sponsorship including criteria for, and any conditions or constraints on, funding
- Conduct research to identify the most appropriate target public for fundraising or sponsorship activities in accordance with organisational profile and requirements
- Identify and consider legal and ethical requirements in relation to fundraising or sponsorship
- Make recommendations for fundraising or sponsorship campaigns or activities based on research findings
- Prepare a funding submission
- Evaluate organisation's current operations and readiness to apply for funding
- Develop a funding submission which meets the funding source's guidelines and criteria
- Ensure the submission complies with all legal and ethical requirements
- Write the submission to meet the needs of the grantor and submitting organisation
- Develop a fundraising or sponsorship campaign
- Confirm the aims, objectives, outcomes and evaluation measures for a fundraising or sponsorship campaign with senior management
- Conduct a feasibility study to ensure all aspects of the fundraising or sponsorship campaign have been considered
- Examine and agree upon budgets with senior management
- Prepare, and have agreed, a campaign plan for fundraising or sponsorship activities that meets organisational, ethical and legal requirements
- Implement a fundraising or sponsorship campaign
- Evaluate campaign