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FORMING, STRENGTHENING, SUSTAINING NETWORKS

OMAN JIAOExecutive Director

Association of Foundations (AF)

2nd Philippine CBR CongressHeritage Hotel1 October 2014

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NETWORK SERVICES & BENEFITS

Advocacy Capacity Building Information Center Networking

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NETWORK FORMATION

Vision-Mission Core Values & Principles Goals & Objectives Membership

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SUSTAINABILITY TRIPOD

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Sustainability

Good governance

Continuing relevance

Stable resource

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GOOD GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS

Core Values and Principles Governance and Leadership Financial Management Program Design and Implementation Human Resources

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CONTINUING RELEVANCE

Clear vision, mission, goals Regular strategic review & planning Ability to assess and adjust to changing needs

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STABLE RESOURCE BASE

Clear financial goal Diverse fund sources Long-term and short-term resource mobilization strategies

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RESOURCE MOBILIZATIONSTRATEGIES

Endowment Fund Earned Income / Service Fees Individual / Diaspora Philanthropy Grants Corporate Foundations / Business

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ENDOWMENT FUND

Source of the endowment % of management fees or earned income Donation / Grant Special fundraising activities

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EARNED INCOME / SERVICE FEES

Earning income can be as simple as taking a workshop you already provide and figuring out how to expand its scope and profit from it. Or perhaps your stakeholders tell you they need a certain product or service, which you can develop and sell.

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INDIVIDUAL / DIASPORA PHILANTHROPY

Charitable giving / check writing More than 10 million Filipinos overseas US$ 20B remittance annually

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GRANTS

Traditional source Require capability to write good proposals Donor can change priorities anytime

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Corporate Foundations / Business

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Most corporate foundations need partners Would usually not get involved with potentially controversial projects

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CHALLENGES

Board member perspective Principle of subsidiarity Member servicing vs. Program implementation Secretariat-led vs. Membership-led

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Thank You Very Much!

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