Learning Series: Talk Fundraising

The funding landscape for NGOs continues to shift fast. Official Development Assistance budgets are under pressure, competition for grants is intensifying, donors are raising the bar — and for faith-based organisations, navigating all of this comes with an added layer of complexity.

But the organisations that are adapting are working on it systematically. That's what this session is for.

What is "Fundraising Fitness"?

This session introduces the framework we will use across the whole 2026 series: three lenses that together define what a fundraising-fit organisation looks like.

What Happens in This Session

This session helps you locate your organisation within the landscape challenges, understand what the data says across all three lenses, and leave with a strong understanding and practical next steps you can implement in any size organisation.

The session has four parts:

• A live diagnostic poll: three questions, results shown in real time. We start by seeing our collective picture.
• The 3-Lens Framework: the shared vocabulary for the whole series, plus three sharp facts confirming what you already sense about the current landscape.
• Funding Windows Open Right Now: a practical overview of current and upcoming funding opportunities that are accessible for Interaction members, with deadlines you can act on this quarter.
• One Innovative Model: a concrete approach (pooled proposal development, AI tools for fundraising, or faith-aligned donor opportunities) that is working for organisations like yours right now.

The session closes with peer discussion, an introduction to Interaction's new Fundraising Steering Committee, and three specific actions to take before the next session on May 12, 2026.

Who Should Join

This session is designed for anyone in your organisation who is involved in fundraising — whether you are an Executive Director who does it yourself, a dedicated fundraising coordinator, or a programme staff member who writes proposals. For many of our smaller members, all of these are the same person. You are all very welcome.

The Full 2026 Series

The three sessions build progressively, each one assumes you attended the previous. Missing a session? We will send a brief summary and follow-up resource so you can stay in the loop.

Link to participate

• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87150271544?pwd=uyB2yltzTwGmwAqY-1beFQRLJH2uaF2.1

Questions?  Contact Daniel Charles, Head of Fundraising and Partnerships: daniel.charles@interaction-schweiz.ch