Associate organisations
As well as international partners =mc also has a number of associate organisations to provide our customers with wider access to research and technological expertise:
=mc Digital: McPherson Associates
=mc's global digital and online partner is McPherson Associates. The company was established in 1988. Its headquarters are in Philadelphia and it works throughout the USA and increasingly in Europe.
McPherson offer fundraising consultancy and development for charities,
NGOs and public bodies. They specialise in identifying
innovative ways of delivering donor recruitment and retention,
especially through new media.
Among their customers are: Mama Cash (Holland), UNECE (Geneva), Public
Television (USA), Sesame Workshop, Planned Parenthood of America, and
the State of Washington.
Core businesses and services include:
- communications audits
- direct mail fundraising
- new media communications
- donor loyalty programmes
Contact:
Dick McPherson, CEO
Email: rmcpherson@mcphersonassociates.com
www.mcphersonassociates.com
=mc offers global services in fundraising research and
stakeholder consultation. We do this through two linked organisations -
one based in th UK and one in Australia.
Future Insights (FI) is =mc's specialist research company based in UK and run by Director, David Segal. David comes to the NGO sector from a 20 year career in business for high profile companies like Polaroid and a City University MBA. FI has carried out research for high profile agencies such as the London Olympics, Amnesty International and Capability Scotland.
FI's work covers topics as varied as an online survey of 90,000 members of Soroptomist International and identification of potential donors for Edinburgh Zoo.
Future Insights offers you four types of support:
- fundraising research to identify high-value donors, corporate sponsors and trusts for major campaigns
- stakeholder engagement and market research to identify key issues or market potential
- knowledge management and management information improvement
- confidential online staff and management team 360° evaluation
Contact
David Segal, Director
Email: d.segal@managementcentre.co.uk
www.futureinsights.co.uk
Fundraising Research & Consulting
Fundraising Research & Consulting, based in Sydney Australia, is run by Principal Consultant, Charlotte Grimshaw. We provide consulting and specialist research services for fundraisers and grant makers in Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific.
Charlotte Grimshaw has twenty years experience in the voluntary sector
in Australasia and the UK. Work in the UK included Marketing and
Fundraising Director for Greenpeace UK, Head of Fundraising for the
Royal Shakespeare Company. In Australia she has done extensive
fundraising development and consultancy work with, among others, The
Australian Bush Heritage Fund, the Bell Shakespeare Company, Medecins
sans Frontieres and ChildFund.
The organisation specialises in:
- Donor research
- Prospect research
- Donor development
- Major gift fundraising
Contact
Charlotte Grimshaw, Principal
Email: charlottegrimshaw@bigpond.com
www.fundraisingresearch.com.au
=mc in Africa: Poverty Eradication Network (PEN)
=mc does not currently have a direct sister organisation in Africa. We do have an operational partnership with PE and they are currently heping to coordinate =mc's International Management Programme in October 2007.
PEN is a non-governmental organisation established in 2001 to
strengthen indigenous civil society groups through sustainable poverty
reduction strategies. They work through three strategic approaches:
working with poor people and community based groups, working with NGOs
and networking.
PEN operates primarily in East Africa, establishing partnerships with organisations to conduct participatory assessments, produce organizational development plans and undertake mutually agreed interventions in order to increase their effectiveness and sustainability.
Their services include:
- organisational reviews and assessment
- strategic planning
- board development
- management review
- programme development & practice
- monitoring and evaluation
Contact
Dr. John Batten, Director
Email: jbatten@penkenya.org
www.penkenya.org
