Blog | Funding Solutions

September 24, 2026

Why AI will and won’t help you in your fundraising

Fundraising is about two human beings having a conversation. Somebody who believes in your organisation’s work sits across from somebody who is looking to contribute to […]

September 17, 2025

Inspired by a Cathedral

On a recent trip to Coventry Cathedral, I was once again inspired at the power of fundraising. The original cathedral was badly bombed in 1940 by […]

June 13, 2025

Great news! We are expanding into Africa

As Funding Solutions we have recently started coaching a number of organisations in East Africa and Namibia. It’s exciting new territory for us on the one […]

January 29, 2025

Mitigating Risk in a Season of Uncertainty

In times of high winds and seismic change in world politics, it is easy for us as NPO directors and fundraisers to feel off balance and […]

November 22, 2024

Understanding NPO Registration, Legal Status, and Tax Deductible Donations in South Africa

Sometimes when a new NPO approaches us at Funding Solutions for fundraising assistance, they are unsure what the difference is between their NPO registration and their […]

March 15, 2024

Which drum beat do you march to?

In Funding Solutions we are always confronted by despondent NPO directors and fundraisers. The drum that people beat follows a song that “there is no money”, […]

May 27, 2023

Commission Based Fundraising? Maybe Not!

Commission based fundraising, albeit legal, is frowned upon as unethical. You can be quite sure, that your carefully written proposal goes straight to the bin of […]

October 2, 2022

Is your organisation in need of some strategic fundraising input?

Are you looking at your projected income for this and the next year and you don’t see yourself being able to run the programmes which you […]

March 29, 2019

Fundraising idea – there’s a whole bunch of them…

Need a fundraising idea? Thinking of a special event? When people are starting an NPO, and are looking for fundraising ideas, they automatically jump to thinking […]