Partnership intelligence

Find the institutional partners worth your time.

For global nonprofits, foundations and UN agencies working on high-value institutional partnerships.

Start an assessment A bounded engagement. A portfolio your team can defend internally.
Portfolio card — sample Pursue
Organisation██████████████
Why it mattersProgramme infrastructure in 14 countries sourced
CapacityReserves + member network sourced
AlignmentPublic commitment, 2025 strategy sourced
AccessTrustee-level route identified inference
TimingLeadership transition, Q3
RiskOne flag — monitor governance review
The assessment

Long lists in. Decisions out.

01Capacity

Is there something real to deploy? Headline income misleads.

02Alignment

Do mission, incentives and commitments give the partnership a real basis?

03Access

Is a first conversation realistically reachable?

04Timing

Leadership changes and strategy cycles open windows. Why now?

05Risk

Reputational and compliance exposure, visible while the decision is still cheap.

"Avoid" is a deliverable.

A confident, evidenced "avoid" saves weeks of senior time and surfaces risk before the decision becomes political.

What you receive

A Priority Partner Portfolio.

  • Evidence-backed dossiers

    Who they are, what capacity they hold, where alignment exists, who matters internally.

  • Risk & compliance review

    Early red flags, with a recommendation per opportunity: pursue, qualify, monitor or avoid.

  • Activation briefs

    Who to approach, why now, what angle to use, and the first conversation hook.

  • Signal monitoring optional

    Supervised tracking of leadership moves and timing windows for selected priorities.

EVERY CRITICAL JUDGEMENT:
SOURCE-BACKED OR CLEARLY LABELLED AS INFERENCE.

One page per decision Pursue
Organisation██████████████
Why it mattersMobilisation reach, 38 chapters sourced
CapacityProgramme infrastructure sourced
Alignment2026 strategy, public pledge sourced
AccessBoard-adjacent route inference
TimingStrategy refresh window
RiskClear — no open flags
First moveBrief prepared
Pilot — UNICEF UK

From a broad landscape to activation-ready opportunities.

Before
  • Broad, fragmented landscape
  • Unclear viability
  • Risk uncertainty
  • No agreed way to compare opportunities
After
  • Prioritised, evidence-backed portfolio
  • Clear avoid / qualify calls
  • Risk visible before outreach
  • Approach defined for each priority

The work covered market exploration, partner archetypes, structural and financial assessment, deep-research dossiers, ethical and compliance screening, and activation-ready briefs.

Starting point

Start with a Partnership Opportunity Assessment.

Diversifying beyond obvious funders Large or unfamiliar landscape Prospect research too shallow Reputational risk matters Evidence needed before acting First approach needs careful framing

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