Gemma S.

Experience: --------------- Over a decade of experience in the social impact sector and current Director of Athari Social Impact Consulting Raised well over $20 million for non-profits, NGOs, SMEs, and private firms looking to attract funding. Former business development executive at a leading UK non-profit. Have worked closely with donors such as the UK FCDO, the UN, the EU, and USAID, and have written successful grants for major NGOs such as CARE International and the Clinton Development Initiative. Expertise: --------------- Responses to donor Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Expressions of Interest (EOIs), and competitive tenders. Refining and developing project ideas. Comprehensive advice/leadership on project ideation, design, and implementation. Research. Producing plans, presentations, and documents and synthesizing, analyzing, and packaging complex information to attract funding. Translating 'donor speak’ for clients. Advising on attracting funding in the social impact space/third sector, including funding modalities such as traditional grants, match funding, social impact investment, equity investment, challenge funds, innovation funds, and pilot/accelerator funding. Funding opportunity prospecting and pipeline development. I maintain paid subscriptions to FundsforNGOs and Devex, where grant opportunities are posted daily. Technical areas: ------------------- - Institutional development - Health, clean water, and sanitation - Education - Financial inclusion - Innovation, including digital solutions - Women’s economic empowerment - Rural Livelihoods and agricultural development - Environmental protection - Renewable energy - Climate change mitigation Geographic experience: ------------------------------ - UK - EU - USA - Sub-Saharan Africa - MENA - South Asia - Latin America Skill-set and services: --------------------------- Technical grant writing. Financial grant development, incl. costing and budget development and value-for-money assessments. Project design, results frameworks, project plans, theories of change, and so on. Project management of the grant development/bid management process. Desk research. Consultations, incl. advice on fundraising approaches and strategies. Capacity building and training for non-profit organizations and social enterprises. Funding pipeline monitoring.