Friends of PHINEO

Who are the Friends of PHINEO?

The Friends of PHI­NEO are a group of spon­sors who sup­port the analy­sis and the award­ing of the Seal of Impact to par­tic­u­lar­ly effec­tive non-prof­it organizations.

How can I become a member?

With a dona­tion of 10.000 Euro per year you can join the Friends of PHINEO.

With this fund­ing you enable us to ana­lyze and pro­vide pro­fes­sion­al sup­port to two non-prof­it organizations.

Who is Friends of PHI­NEO for?

Entre­pre­neurs, lawyers, sci­en­tists, celebri­ties – Friends of PHI­NEO brings togeth­er com­mit­ted peo­ple from all sec­tors to joint­ly real­ize the vision of a strong civ­il society.

What’s in it for me?

With your fund­ing, you make a deci­sive con­tri­bu­tion to ensur­ing that out­stand­ing orga­ni­za­tions achieve ade­quate pub­lic vis­i­bil­i­ty — and receive more finan­cial sup­port. You will also help us to estab­lish the con­cept of impact ori­en­ta­tion in the pub­lic per­cep­tion of society.

• You expand your net­work: Once a year all Friends of PHI­NEO mem­bers meet up. Take this oppor­tu­ni­ty for an infor­mal exchange with like-mind­ed people!
• You ensure greater trans­paren­cy in the sec­tor: The Seal of Impact serves as a guide­line for spon­sors. By expand­ing the pool of rec­om­mend­ed orga­ni­za­tions with your fund­ing, you make a sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tion to ensur­ing that spon­sors learn more about pio­neer­ing fund­ing approach­es. And, impact-ori­ent­ed orga­ni­za­tions will gain faster the vis­i­bil­i­ty that they need.
• You can get into close con­tact with orga­ni­za­tions: We reg­u­lar­ly award the Seal of Impact to orga­ni­za­tions. As a spon­sor you are cor­dial­ly invit­ed to get to know your orga­ni­za­tion and to con­grat­u­late it per­son­al­ly. We would be hap­py to ini­ti­ate a per­son­al con­tact with an orga­ni­za­tion and sup­port you if you are plan­ning a more exten­sive commitment.
• You enable two non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tions to receive free orga­ni­za­tion­al con­sult­ing: By pro­vid­ing fund­ing, you ensure that we can sup­port orga­ni­za­tions with­out them hav­ing to pay for it. The costs for the analy­sis are borne sole­ly by the sponsors.
  
• You can deduct the dona­tion from your tax­es.

What is the pur­pose of the seal?

The Seal of Impact con­tributes to the efforts of non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tions to invest more than before in the qual­i­ty of their work, which demon­stra­bly leads to a sig­nif­i­cant com­pet­i­tive advantage.

In addi­tion, by pay­ing more atten­tion to the actu­al impact of projects, it moti­vates orga­ni­za­tions to take a clos­er look at their own effec­tive­ness and report with more trans­paren­cy on their work.

And that works?

Absolute­ly! A sur­vey, in which 114 of our award­ed orga­ni­za­tions took part, revealed the fol­low­ing picture:

• 94% would rec­om­mend the PHI­NEO analy­sis pro­ce­dure to oth­er organizations.
• 78% con­firm high­er fundrais­ing income due to the award.
• 58% entered into new coop­er­a­tions as a result of the award. The seal also acts as a door open­er for foundations.
• 79% stat­ed that they had ben­e­fit­ed from an image improve­ment as a result of the award.
• 83% used the analy­sis process for inter­nal learn­ing & qual­i­ty devel­op­ment and ini­ti­at­ed changes in the organizations.

Are you interested?

Then please get in touch with us! We will answer all ques­tions in detail and immediately.