Fundraising

Help us to find the pot of gold at the end of the funding rainbow

Our work to make conservation of the rainforest more attractive than its destruction covers a lot of different areas. Our four research priority areas are focused on the work that we have identified to address this mission. We also need to ensure that we improve the capacity of the Center to make it easier for researchers and volunteers to carry this work out.

We are used to operating on a small budget and still achieving a lot. We are also used to making the most out of every penny we do have. However the more money we have the more quickly we can achieve our mission.

We are looking to increase our sources of revenue, as we can then extend the work we do if we have more money. One of the ways that we can do this is through attracting funding from outside sources. The fundraising project focuses on researching potential funding sources and the drafting and submitting of proposals in order establish and maintain relationships with other organizations.

We need to ensure that the proposals we send have as good a chance of success as possible, and that they fit in with our priorities. Funding has to fit in with the work that we need doing, so that any funding we receive can help us do our work, rather than distract us by making us count flower petals because we said we would simply to get funding!

Ongoing work

Identifying possible targets and researching them and their interests, funding criteria etc.
Preparing funding proposals
Making up guidelines for people to use for future funding proposals.
Maintain the database of foundations - when contacted, what proposal submitted, response etc.
Writing pages for the website.

Current priorities

Identifying more sources of funding.
Writing funding proposals for Foundations and funding sources we have already identified.

Skills and expertise needed

Excellent writing skills.
Computer literacy.
Good research abilities.

Time frames

This is a project that can be worked on year round.

Project update

We are in the process of finalising our entry for the 2005 Alcan Prize for Sustainability - last year we were one of the twelve shortlisted entries for the prize, and we hope to do even better this year. We have a long list of potential foundations and have narrowed this list down to a shorter list and are beginning to prepare applications for the next set of application deadlines.

How to apply

If you are interested in applying to volunteer on this project, you need to e-mail us on iracambi@iracambi.com with an up to date copy of your CV/Resume and give us the following details:

How do you feel you can benefit the project?
What interests you about our project?
What relevant experience and interests do you have?
What other interests do you have?
What expectations do you have from your time here?
What language skills do you have?
What date are you planning to come to Iracambi and how long are you going to stay?
How did you find out about Iracambi?

We look forward to hearing from you soon.