The European Commission’s ENTRP funding programme for the developing world will open soon. For those of you interested in finding money for many different sorts of projects in the developing world, this could be quite an opportunity – especially if you have a project in South East Asia. If anyone want to chat through the [...]
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European Commission’s ENTRP Funding Programme
February 27th, 2009The International Society for Anthrozoology
February 14th, 2009Just become aware of this organisation http://www.isaz.net/
When too much planning for your site’s future can damage opportunities for future external funding
February 10th, 2009A contrarian’s view I know, but often when we are asked to help find major transformational funding for zoos, botanic sites, museums and similar sites, we find that an existing master plan that is too prescriptive and inflexible can be a major hindrance.
Of course planning is essential; not least for the purposes for external funding itself. However [...]
Zoos, botanics and the new age of philanthropy
February 10th, 2009We are – despite the recession – living through a new age of personal giving at a very senior level.
Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are now the biggest donors the world has ever seen, and they are followed by a host of others all around the world.
But these new “philanthopcapitalists” are subtly different from their [...]
Sites engaged in asking the public for funds should not mention the recession
February 8th, 2009Some interesting recent research shows that donor prospects will give less to a charity if it references the current down turn.
A leading UK charity took the view that mentioning the recession and its effect on the charity would make individuals actually give more. However a controlled experiment seems to show that this only made them more [...]
