Let’s truly build the fundraising capacity of your grantees and local partners
I know you are committed to building the capacity of your grantees and local partners.
I know you are committed to ensuring your grantees and local partners can successfully raise the funding to not only continue but grow their programming and impact in the coming years.
The question is:
Are you giving them the training + coaching + hands-on feedback they need to make this a reality?
The majority of NGOs, nonprofits, and social enterprises...
Don’t know where to focus their philanthropic fundraising energy.
Don´t know how to find donors or calls for proposals.
Are confused why their asks and proposals often get a “no”.
Don’t trust their gut on fundraising.
Don’t see the incredible strengths and assets they already have for fundraising.
Don´t know HOW to take their next step. Such as not knowing how to write grant proposals that will get accepted (what to share, what language to use, how to develop indicators, and more)
Don´t know how to deepen their relationships with their existing donors to get follow-on funding.
If global south and local organizations are to successfully compete for funding, they need more than a half-day training.
They need layered capacity strengthening. This means high-quality training, coupled with coaching and the opportunity to put it into practice and get feedback.
That is how I help.
- Erin Mooney, Executive Director
Natün Guatemala
"Shoshana is a powerhouse within the granting landscape and has truly transformed our grant capacity as an organization.
She is strategic, deeply experienced, and beyond effective in helping organizations identify funding opportunities and make their case in a powerful way. I cannot recommend her highly enough."
- Carmela Laguna, International Development trainer
"Working with Shoshana is a blessing. She has deepened my knowledge and shared invaluable experience. Her approach is straightforward, practical and focused, ensuring effort is invested where it matters the most. Fundraising demands both dedication and strategy, and Shoshana expertly tailors her guidance to align with each team’s unique style and workflow. If you are looking to strengthen your organisation’s financial sustainability, or that of your local partners, look no further. Shoshana will help build resilience at any stage of the journey, making the process both effective and enjoyable.”
- Value for Women
“A fantastic 3-part capacity building session on writing was a Win of the Year. A great combination of learning, practical examples, homework and guidance led by a superb teacher– Shoshana.”
“By working with Shoshana, we captured well over $300,000 last year, surpassing our goal by almost $150,000.”
-Natün Guatemala
Trusted by funders and intermediaries
About Shoshana
Over the last 15 years, Shoshana ran the fundraising and communications department of a local Mexican NGO and then worked with the Inter-American Development Bank, the Danone Ecosystem Fund, Chemonics, the fundraising consultancy Black Fox Global, social enterprises seeking philanthropic funding, and local NGOs across the world. As a result, she brings a unique set of tools to the table, as well as a deep respect for the challenges of fundraising. She is results-oriented to the max.
Shoshana holds a Master’s in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s in Public Health and Latin American studies.
My support is all about getting a fundraising insider expert on the side of your grantees and local partners so they can exceed their fundraising goals and make the world a better place without working themselves to the bone.
Over 4-12 months (based on what you and your partners prefer), we will work together to build your grantees’ or partners’ critical knowledge, tools, systems and hands-on experience. They will get powered up quickly so they can bring in funding for years to come while ensuring their sanity (and even happiness!).
By the end, for example, they can: have a list of perfect-fit funders with next steps to reach out to each one, a best-in-class grants package and have already gotten tailored proposals out the door so they continue bringing in more and more grant funding for years to come. (We may even have a mini dance party and take a bunch of deep breaths along the way!)
By doing this in a group format, with offline hands-on support for each organization individually, we build true capacity and catalyze peer-to-peer learning.
It is also a powerful way for you to stand out as a funder or intermediary.
What your grantees / local partners will get
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LIVE training
I do both multi-day in-person workshops and multi-session virtual trainings. I am always happy to decide together what is best for your grantees or local partners.
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Hand-crafted materials
Easy worksheets, templates and done-for-them materials
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Hands-on support
And personalized feedback from me on all their funder research, proposals and supporting materials!
How it works
One-Off Workshops
Small dose. Big shift.
Any one of these focused workshops will give your grantees or network members practical tools and LIVE feedback to unlock their next fundraising win— in just 90 minutes.
All workshops include live Q&A.
All workshops are 90 minutes unless otherwise specified.
*Asterisks indicate that the session includes an AI tool
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The 5 Steps to Win Grants with Ease*
Description: In this hands-on workshop, you will learn my strategies for winning grants with ease, which I have developed over 15 years securing grants from the Chanel Foundation, United Nations, J&J, International Organization on Migration, American Chamber of Commerce and many more foundations. You will get the inside scoop that I learned from working as a grant maker at the Inter-American Development Bank and designing impact projects for multinational companies like Danone. Plus, you will get 3 easy-to-use tools to implement immediately. And live feedback on what you work on during the session, and time for Q&A.
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Session 1: Your perfect fit institutional funder profile*
Session 2: Institutional funder prospecting*
Description: In this 2-part, hands-on series, you will learn what will make a funder excited to fund you and what is the perfect funder for you. Then, you will learn where to research, what to look for and how to capture and keep your research. Plus, you will get 2 easy-to-use tools to implement immediately.
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Core message development*
Description: In this hands-on workshop, learn the 4 key messages that will make a donor say Yes! to meeting with you, get a formula for creating each one, and then– with the help of a tailor-made AI tool– create them! Participants will give live feedback on their messages during the session.
Cold outreach*
Description: In this hands-on workshop, learn the rules you really can’t break when writing to a new prospective funder, learn the rules you CAN break, get a proven template that opens doors with funders, and use a tailor-made AI tool to write your emails and LinkedIn messages. During the session, participants will get live feedback on their emails and messages.
Structuring your grant writing team for success
Description: Learn the 6 roles you need to have covered on your grant writing team and the hacks to cover them- then use my cheat sheet to set it up for your team. Learn the tricks to making sure your grant writing tasks don’t fall to the bottom of your to-do list. And get the 3 indicators your team should use in its first, second and third+ years of grant writing.
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How to write a Letter of Intent (LOI) or concept note: From a done-for-you template to writing tips and a GPT that will do the final polishing*
Description: Join us for a hands-on session where you’ll finally tackle that Letter of Intent (LOI) or concept note that’s been sitting on your to-do list, without the stress. Whether you’re just starting or revising a draft, this training will walk you through exactly what to write, how to write it, and how to make funders actually want to know more. We’ll cover a practical structure that funders love, share powerful writing tips, and give you a free AI tool to speed up your writing process. By the end of the session, you’ll have a funder-ready LOI or concept note.
Relationship management
Description: From professional persistence and storytelling to a formula and behind-the-scenes structure for keeping funders engaged and excited, this session will give you everything you need to convert your current donors into multi-year, unrestricted donors.
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Create a pitch that will win over funders*
Description: Learn the secret NOSE formula and perfect it with a tailor-made AI-tool and live feedback.
How to run a first meeting with a prospective donor
Description: Learn how to prepare, get the perfect meeting agenda that will make the meeting feel both authentic and effective, and step into the mindset. You will leave feeling READY!
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Getting the right people on your board & activating them
Description: You will walk away from this hands-on-workshop with clarity on exactly who you need on your board, a profile and strategy to find exactly the people you are missing, and a new way to look at fundraising that will make your donors actually excited to support your fundraising!
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Train ChatGPT to Help You (3 hour workshop)
Description: Harvard found that people who use AI well complete 12.2% more tasks, 25.1% faster— with 40% higher quality. One client of mine said that the proposal they developed with the help of ChatGPT, using it how I taught them, led to a foundation calling out their proposal as one of the best they received. This 2.5 hour hands-on workshop will give participants everything they need to use ChatGPT WELL for their work. So they save time, boost quality, and feel unstoppable. Participants will walk away with ChatGPT set up to support their work, so they start hitting deadlines with stronger, sharper results. They’ll get the exact prompts that NGOs need to write better, think better, and free up time for what matters most. All field-tested. They’ll learn to use ChatGPT without sacrificing your organization’s voice or their personal voice. And they’ll learn the best (free!) tool for research with trustworthy citations.
Multi-Month Programs
These programs are designed to fit seamlessly into the daily fundraising work of your grantees or local partners I give them the tools and feedback to REALLY SUCCESSFULLY identify and execute their next philanthropic fundraising steps. And whenever they hit a bump or are unsure of the next right step, I will be right there to guide them.
We’ll regularly meet as a group to map out their next action steps and give them the skills for success. These videocalls will be recorded, so they can share them with any team members who aren’t able to join live or who join your team later (even years later!).
After each call, they will put into practice what they have learned, receiving my hands-on support so they can make big, concrete steps toward their funding goal.
I will also be available via email in between our sessions to troubleshoot and answer any questions to ensure they can hit their funding goals. They’ll have my support ongoing for the entire collaboration.
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GET CLARITY
1. Identify perfect-fit funders
Grantees or local partners will learn how to find the grant funders that will be excited to fund them, will champion their work and can be their partners over the long term. They will identify what will make those funders say yes to THEM.
GET DIRECTION
2. Create a target list of 25 perfect-fit funders
Grantees or local partners will learn where to look, what to look for (that “6th sense of fundraising”) and how to reach out to potential grant funders so they say yes to them. Then, they will create their target list.
GET EQUIPPED
3. Create a best-in-class grants package
Grantees or local partners will learn the secrets of grants that get read and approved. Then, they will develop a powerful grants package and presentation that they will be able to share with a limitless number of funders with minimal extra effort.
GET RESULTS
4. Get proposals out the door
Grantees or local partners will start sending tailored proposals off to grant funders so that invitations and funding can start coming in!
GET MORE FUNDING WITH LESS RESTRICTIONS
BONUS: Get donors to keep donating
Grantees or local partners will learn how to engage their funders, tell their story and report in a way that converts their funders to multi-year donors and catalyzes their impact to a whole new level.
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GET CLARITY
1. Quick & dirty fundraising diagnostic
I will take a high-level look at each grantee’s or local partner’s fundraising strategy, fundraising team capacity, IT systems, materials and results so far. This will allow me to identify the philanthropic fundraising strengths & weaknesses of each grantee or local partner and any “low-hanging fruit” funding opportunities for them.
GET DIRECTION
2. Fundraising strategy recommendation
Based on the diagnostic, and taking an asset-based approach, I will recommend which fundraising strategies are right-fit for each of your grantees or local partners.
GET EQUIPPED
3. Tailored group trainings
These training sessions will be tailored to the recommended strategies. Topics may include: messaging, foundation relationships, high net worth donor cultivation, crowdfunding campaigns, grant writing, earned income, and more. Each session will include training, best practice sharing among the participants, and time to put their new skills and knowledge into action.
GET RESULTS
4. Take action
I will accompany all your grantees or local partners as they put their learnings into action, walking the path with them, and being available to provide support whenever needed.
And we can tailor this.
Do your grantees or local partners need me to deep dive on some of these modules? Or maybe they have some of these down and we can skip over them. Or a 1-day on-site training? We can tailor each session to the needs of your grantee portfolio.
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“Shoshana is widely acknowledged in my network in Guatemala as one of the best in the field for making the fundraising process actionable and accessible for any organization.”
Cat Goyak,
El Directorio Guatemala board member -
“You delivered a phenomenal session, and our non-profit partners gained so much from your insights on the grant writing process.”
Irene Ogbo, GlobalGiving
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"Shoshana´s support has been exactly what we needed to put our growth plans on paper, identify which funders are right for us as a refugee shelter, and quickly learn the “how” of getting grants. We landed a new funder in the first 3 months!"
Ricardo Peña,
Hospitalidad y Solidaridad -
“Thanks to Shoshana and Funded with Ease, I have a clearer sense on how to improve my fundraising technique. She is the real deal and I highly recommend her and her company, particularly for smaller nonprofit organizations.”
Alexandra Spieldoch,
Bountifield International -
“What you do is vitally important and so many organizations need this. Because that new capacity stays in the organization. I see a before and after for Circula.”
Flor García,
Circula - Liderazgo Restaurativo -
“I am now confident that we are not losing money with each project we execute- we are ‘financially literate.’”
Halima Tus Sadia,
Spreeha Bangladesh -
“Shoshana did an incredible job synthesizing everything we sent her and sharing back to us what our unique magic is for a donor, where we are failing in our fundraising, and how we can improve (together with clear next steps and examples to guide us). It was enlightening. We are thrilled with the results."
Victor Moctezuma,
iLab -
“I can say that in the first 30 min call with you I got more wisdom, clarity and motivation than from years of reading books on the topic. There’s generic advice. And there’s your on-point-I-have-listened-to-you advice.”
Candela Iglesias Chiesa,
Alanda
Get a sense of my training style in this NGO masterclass:
”The 5 steps to win grants- and how to do them just right for each NGO”
Ready to make this happen for your grantees or local partners?
Let’s hop on a call to chat details.