Donor Advisory Services

While giving may appear simple, giving effectively takes time, effort and commitment. For this reason, the LIN Center for Community Development offers a variety of advisory and support services to make the giving experience a positive one.

LIN Center currently offers the following services to Donors:

  • Grantmaking - Are you, or do you want to, contribute funds to a worthy cause in Vietnam?  LIN can help you achieve greater impact with your giving. From strategy development, to the selection of a grantee, to monitoring and impact evaluation, LIN can help with one aspect or the whole grantmaking process.
  • Grantee Capacity Building - Can your grantees make better use of your funds? Consider hiring LIN's team of NPO consultants to help build the capacity of your grantees, whether they need help with project management, monitoring & evaluation, accounting, fundraising or reportingt.
  • Corporate Volunteer Programs - Is your team itching to volunteer? The LIN team can help match your employees with not-for-profits that need a helping hand. Want to benefit your company and the community at the same time? Consider volunteering employee skill sets and/or company services to build the capacity of nonprofits in your community. Short on staff time? We can help you put together a meaningful volunteer day experience.
     
  • Customized Donor Advisory Services -
    • Due Diligence - Introductions to not-for-profit organizations that meet pre-set criteria;
    • Project Site Visits - Facilitation of site visits with or on behalf of a donor;
    • Monitoring & Evaluation -  Monthly updates, impact assessments
    • Public Relations / Reporting - Support with internal and external communications
    • Fiscal Sponsorship - Do you work with multiple grantees or need to make multiple payments, over time?  Do your grantees lack a bank account? LIN can help you manage the allocation process, maintaining clear records and oversight along the way.

LIN also offers information sharing programs for donors and prospective donors:

  • Networking For A Cause - Connecting socially-responsible businesspeople with community development practitioners that want to share ideas and solutions to important community issues. Upcoming events: 
    • 22 February 2012 (6-8pm) - "The Case for Corporate Community Investment" at Hoa Sen University (Tan Binh District Campus). Register to: Donor@LINvn.org or +84-8-3824-6091
    • April 2012 - "Communicating Your CSR Strategy"
    • June 2012 - "Models of MicroFinance for Poverty Reduction"
    • August 2012 - "Best Practices in Funding Youth Education"
    • October 2012 - "(Dis)Ability and Employement"
    • December 2012 - "Measuring the Impact of your Community Investment"
  • Donor Field Trip - Participate in a facilitated site visit to a local not-for-profit organization. Join other donors in a guided tour and lunch presentation by a Sr. Manager of a local NPO followed by Q&A. The three hour visit includes pre- and post- visit briefings by a LIN advisor, transportation, F&B and logistics. LIN asks that guests do not make "on-the-spot" contributions during their visit; however, they are free to engage, of their own accord, following the visit.

For details about any of the above programs and services, please contact LIN at: Donor@LINvn.org.  How can we help you?

The Rationale for Donor Advisory Services

To give money is an easy matter in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man’s power nor an easy matter. Hence, it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble. - Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)

Charitable giving can range from donating time or money to solve immediate local problems to directing large sums of money to tackle issues on a broader scale.

Whether international, regional or local, philanthropy cannot be handled on an ad hoc basis. Some donors seek the assistance and guidance of an individual or organization with experience in philanthropy-related issues. This can be prompted by a number of different scenarios:
  • A donor is unfamiliar with local issues and/or organizations actively working to address those issues;
  • A donor wishes to engage more strategically, to solve the root cause of a problem; and/or
  • A donor wants to learn more about an organization(s) working to address a specific problem before making a donation (sometimes the donor does this anonymousely); and/or
  • A donor does not have the time or human resources to develop and manage a philanthropic initiative.

The LIN Center for Community Development can be your partner in philanthropy. Our team is available to help you shape your giving strategy, learn more about issues facing the area, or simply become more familiar with effective local not-for-profit organizations.

LIN also organizes opportunities for donors to meet and share best practices in philanthropy, examine trends, review ways in which area nonprofit organizations are addressing regional issues, and explore giving opportunities. Stay tuned for more information about our HCMC Grantmakers Forum…
 

Last Update on: 24-02-2012