Planning & Strategy · Free
Resource Mobilisation Planning Canvas
Map your funding gap, donors, income diversification, and a 90-day action plan in one practical canvas built for Myanmar NGOs and CSOs.
About 25 min · no sign-up
Resource mobilisation is how your organisation secures the money, partnerships, in-kind support, and people it needs to keep delivering — and to survive when any single donor pulls out. For Myanmar NGOs and CSOs working through funding cuts, shifting humanitarian priorities, and tight banking and registration conditions, depending on one or two grants is a real risk. This canvas helps you step back from proposal deadlines and see your whole funding picture at once: what you need, where the gap is, who funds you now, who could fund you next, and how to spread that risk across more than one source.
Work through the sections in order, from your funding need down to a concrete 90-day action plan. Keep each box short, specific, and honest — write real donor names, real amounts in MMK or USD, and real dates rather than vague intentions. The earlier sections (need, gap, current donors) are a stocktake of where you stand today; the later sections (target donors, diversification, value proposition, capacity) turn that into a strategy; and the final 90-day actions make it something a team member can own on Monday morning. Revisit the canvas each quarter, or whenever a major grant ends, to keep your funding base realistic and resilient.
State what you need to fund over the next 12 months, what is already secured, and the resulting gap. Be specific about core costs (staff, office, compliance) versus project costs — core costs are usually the hardest to fund and the easiest to overlook.
List who funds you now and who funded you before, with amounts, what they restrict the money to, and when each grant ends. Note the relationship health honestly — a past donor who valued your work is often your warmest next prospect.
Name specific donors, funds, or calls you intend to approach in the next year — not donor categories. For each, note the likely fit, the amount, the deadline if known, and the warmest route in (a contact, a current partner who can introduce you, a consortium).
Map your funding across grants, local giving, earned income, and in-kind support, and flag where you are over-reliant. Aim for more than one strong source. Note ideas that fit your mission and Myanmar realities — cross-border banking, cash-based local giving, and registration limits on income all shape what is feasible.
In a few sentences, say why a funder should choose you over others — your access, track record, local legitimacy, and the specific change you deliver. This is the core message every proposal, pitch, and conversation reuses, so make it concrete and evidence-backed, not generic.
Be honest about what could stop you winning or managing new funding — proposal-writing skills, English-language reporting, financial systems, audit readiness, registration status, or banking for receiving international funds. Naming a gap is the first step to fixing or partnering around it.
Turn the canvas into 4–6 concrete actions for the next 90 days. Each action should name what will be done, who owns it, and by when. Mix quick wins (reconnect with a past donor) with foundation-building (set up a donor list, fix a finance gap).
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