Fundraising Reimagined
Research
- Analyze funders’ history and giving trends
- Develop a strategic calendar of new grant opportunities
- Attend information sessions
- Engage funders and steward relationships
- Compile executive summaries for new opportunities
Strategy
- Identify and assess funding opportunities
- Align projects with grant opportunities and funders
- Forecast quarterly income from grants and donations
- Conduct an organizational grant readiness assessment
- Draft strategic communications to funders
Creative
- Support concept and ideation for new projects
- Synthesize ideas, data, and stories to create new and compelling narratives
- Write grants, RFPs, sponsorship packages, pitch decks, proposals, reports, and webcopy
- Develop persuasive case statements and donor briefs that establish, deepen, and steward relationships
WSN has worked with Tend for close to seven years, and their support has been instrumental in our growth and stability. Tend guided us in our fundraising as we transitioned from the Retail Action Network to a provincial organization, and stood with us through the uncertainty of a global pandemic. They have secured more than $2 million in funding to strengthen services for precarious workers across BC.
Indigenous Women Outdoors has had the pleasure of working closely with Tend to support our grant writing and fundraising efforts. They are deeply invested in helping us secure the resources needed to sustain our programming and operational needs. Their positive energy, professionalism, and genuine care for our mission make them an absolute joy to work with.
Working with Tend over the past 6 years has been the push that we needed. They helped us raise over $2.5 million, they have facilitated workshops with our community of artists… and they have helped our community apply for grants with nearly a 50% success rate. They are amazing listeners and extremely resourceful… I genuinely have love for their staff and company not just for what they have helped us do - but for who they are.
Working with Tend has allowed our team to focus on the important work of language reclamation and less on the burden of securing funding. They are kind, thoughtful, a delight to work with and they have made significant contributions to expanding our operational budget and opening up our capacity.
