Paths/Social Entrepreneurship: Building Ventures for Impact/Financing Social Ventures: Grants, Impact Capital, and Blended Finance
Module 6.295 min

Fundraising Assets: Pitch, Budget, and Evidence Plan

Funders don’t fund ideas. They fund de-risked execution.

Learning Outcome

Produce funder-ready materials: pitch narrative, budget logic, and evidence plan that reduces perceived risk.

Core Teachings

Key concepts with source texts

A credible pitch answers: 1) Why this problem, why now? 2) Why you/your team? 3) Why this intervention (ToC + evidence)? 4) Why this model (economics + ops)? 5) How you’ll measure + manage impact? 6) What you need (capital) and what it unlocks?

Practice This

Write 6-slide skeleton; then fill with proof: numbers, quotes, pilots with thresholds.

Study Materials

Primary sources with guided reading

Additional Resources

Social Value International: Standards & Guidanceoptional

Good reference if you want to align your impact reporting to credible standards.

Reflection & Critical Thinking

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Knowledge CheckTest your understanding

What de-risks a pitch most?