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At Big Sky Collaborative, we draw on our extensive experience working with private family and community foundations to provide guidance and support for organizations looking to establish and refine their grant awarding processes and strategies. Whether you’re starting a new foundation or looking to enhance the work of an existing grantmaking organization, our team is ready to assist with every stage of your foundation’s development. Working closely to create effective strategies to enhance your process for grant-seekers, increasing applicant quality and awarding funding.
Foundation Startup, Strategy and Development
Starting a new foundation? We guide you through the process of developing your funding priorities, designing your process for applicants, creating a strategic plan and developing long-term goals for sustainable grantmaking success.
We help foundations design a marketing and promotion plan for their funding opportunities to attract high-quality applications from organizations that align with your mission, values and funding priorities.
Our team assists in reviewing and providing feedback and recommendations for the grant proposals your organization receives to ensure that applicants meet your foundation’s criteria and align with your strategic goals.
We help foundations develop and refine their grantmaking strategies, ensuring that their funding is directed to initiatives that create meaningful, measurable impact.
At Big Sky Collaborative, we are committed to helping foundations achieve their philanthropic goals through expert guidance and strategic support. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to optimize your grantmaking process, our team has the experience and insight to guide you every step of the way.
Contact us today to learn how we can help your foundation thrive.
From annual unrestricted giving to restricted major gifts and grants, our team can assist you in developing a fundraising strategy tailored to your goals and needs. Our work together will begin with a fundraising audit to help our team better understand how your organization is currently doing in terms of fundraising as well as identifying and leveraging opportunities
for growth.
With fundraising goals established, our team can assist your organization in developing, enhancing and implementing a multi-channel communication strategy to move you toward achieving your fundraising, engagement and philanthropic goals.
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Our team is eager to assist your organization in setting donor engagement and stewardship goals and strategy to connect with donors in all phases of giving. Together, our team creates uniquely tailored plans to engage and thank current and prospective donors as you work to deepen relationships with your supporters.
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Your Board plays a critical role in the success of your organization. We offer a variety of trainings to help educate and empower your Board members to play an active role in engaging current and prospective donors
as they serve as an extension of your staff.
Foundations play a pivotal role in awarding funds to organizations that align with their mission, goals and funding priorities. At BigSky Collaborative, we draw on our extensive experience working with private and community foundations to provide expert guidance and support for foundations looking to establish and refine their grantmaking strategies.
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Philanthropic partnerships are essential to the
success of nonprofits seeking to diversify their
funding sources. At BigSky Collaborative, we offer comprehensive Philanthropic Partnership Development Services to help nonprofits build and strengthen
relationships with foundations that align with their mission.
