Expertise

Understanding the motivations for individual giving is key to unlocking the benefits of this form of 'microfunding'.

Nonprofits and funders don't always align on the importance of funding organisational development. Understanding funder motivations can help bridge this gap.

Koyel Mandal, Chief of Programmes at Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, on India's climate change landscape, the role of civil society organisations, and the path to net-zero.

Good monitoring dashboards help with data analysis and programme implementation in the social sector. Here are seven things to keep in mind when building them.

Sarita Upadhyay reflects on her initial years at Medha, when the team got an opportunity to scale the organisation’s programme. However, decisions based on assumptions and an overall lack of preparedness resulted in the team losing out on almost two years of work.

Gaurav Singh of Slam Out Loud talks about the time when he and his co-founder took on more work than they had the capacity to manage, and how this led to them losing the project of their dreams.

Fundraising among the Indian diaspora tends to be fragmented. Here are some practical lessons on overcoming these challenges from a coalition of US-based organisations working to advance development goals in India.

In Part II of this conversation, Dream a Dream CEO Suchetha Bhat and co-founder Vishal Talreja talk about what it took to rebuild an organisation in crisis, and how that led to discovering a new kind of leadership—one that the world needs more of.

Over 10 years of fundraising best practices, distilled.

In Part I of this conversation with IDR, Dream a Dream’s co-founder Vishal Talreja and CEO Suchetha Bhat share the story of the organisation’s implosion, Vishal’s burnout, and how owning up to failure was the first step in figuring out the way to build back up.