Leadership Innovation Management for Strategic Pursuit of U.S. Government Grants
Consulting for Cross Catholic Outreach, a faith based international relief and development organization
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Key Achievements
Helped CCO transform their Foundations Department to build their departmental infrastructure and diversify revenue streams by developing capacity to win U.S. government grants.
Innovation for Foundations
We were brought on to identify impediments to success and opportunities for growth within CCO’s foundations department.
Their goals:
Transform the foundations department to align with the broader goals of the organization.
Build departmental infrastructure and diversify revenue streams by developing the capacity to pursue, win, and manage grants from larger foundations as well as U.S. government grants.
What we did
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We conducted interviews with the current MX team and leaders from across the organization, as well as funders and partners, to explore:
organizational practices and structural barriers
CCO’s readiness to pursue US government grants and opportunities to shape CCO’s strategy and approach
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Through a strengths assessment of the foundations department, interviews with CCO staff, and conversations with outside experts, including a former, we assessed: key skills, strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities to strengthen departmental capacity to become more competitive and win large foundation, and U.S. government, grants.
