Independent Fundraising Advisory

Fundraising advisory for high-impact organizations and the donors who fund them.

Loperena Partners is an independent advisory practice. We help nonprofits build diversified philanthropic revenue, and we help donors, family offices, and their advisors decide where giving does the most good. Our work is anchored in evidence of impact and transparent measurement.

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01Practice

Working with organizations and donors.

Our work covers two related practices. For organizations, we develop fundraising strategy and operate the pipeline. For donors and advisors, we evaluate organizations and inform allocation decisions.

Raise

For organizations

We work with nonprofits at the scaling stage that have outgrown founder-network fundraising. Engagements typically include strategy, donor segmentation, prospect research, and outreach execution across major donor, institutional, and corporate channels.

  • Fundraising strategy and pipeline development
  • UHNWI and institutional prospect research
  • Outreach execution and relationship management
  • Campaign materials and narrative positioning
Engagement models
Give

For donors, family offices, and advisors

We work with high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and philanthropic advisors who want their giving informed by evidence. Engagements move from giving strategy through portfolio construction to ongoing advisory.

  • Giving framework and theory of change articulation
  • Independent due diligence and evidence base review
  • Portfolio construction with documented reasoning
  • Ongoing monitoring and annual portfolio review
Engagement models
02Engagements

How we work together.

Each engagement is scoped to the work in front of you and agreed clearly at the outset, so both sides know what success looks like.

For organizations

Three ways to work together, scaled to how closely involved you need us to be. Every engagement opens with a short discovery phase so both sides can confirm fit before going further.

Strategic Advisory

Strategy, donor segmentation, and pipeline prioritization. Your team executes; we guide.

  • Biweekly strategy sessions
  • Pipeline prioritization and sequencing
  • Messaging framework by audience segment
  • Monthly strategy memos

Fractional Execution

We run your fundraising pipeline end-to-end: outreach, follow-up, prospect conversations, and reporting.

  • Full pipeline ownership across all channels
  • Prospect outreach and relationship development
  • Warm network activation and coordination
  • Biweekly reporting on outcomes and learnings

Full Campaign Partnership

Everything in Fractional Execution, plus campaign development: new materials, narrative positioning, channel expansion, and prospect briefings.

  • All Fractional Execution services
  • Custom materials and prospect briefs
  • Narrative development and A/B testing
  • New channel evaluation and recommendations
  • Weekly strategy sessions with priority access

For donors, family offices, and advisors

Three ways to work together, from an initial giving strategy through portfolio construction to ongoing advisory. Each engagement is scoped to the decision in front of you.

Giving Strategy

A structured scoping engagement for donors defining or revisiting their giving. The output is a written framework that later allocation decisions are measured against.

  • Values and intent scoping sessions
  • Cause-area landscape review
  • Giving framework and theory of change articulation
  • Evaluation criteria and decision rules

Portfolio Construction

Translates a giving framework into a concrete allocation. We source candidates, run independent due diligence, and recommend a portfolio with the reasoning documented.

  • Candidate sourcing and screening
  • Due-diligence memos: evidence base, cost-effectiveness, room for funding
  • Counterfactual analysis of proposed gifts
  • Allocation recommendation with documented reasoning

Ongoing Portfolio Advisory

Continuing oversight of an active giving portfolio. We monitor grantee progress, surface new opportunities, and serve as a standing counterpart to the family office or advisor team.

  • Grantee monitoring and progress reporting
  • Annual portfolio review and recalibration
  • New opportunity sourcing against the framework
  • Advisor-to-advisor and next-generation support
03About

Background.

Loperena Partners combines fifteen years of commercial strategy and partnership experience at a Fortune 100 financial services firm with longstanding involvement in the social impact sector across Latin America and the United States.

Our commercial background includes leading a $21B global portfolio, building the pipeline systems behind $35M+ in annual strategic funding, and overseeing a $40M microloan expansion for underserved small businesses.

Our social impact background spans field-level work in education, food security, and child welfare, alongside continuing engagement with global health organizations.

The practice combines both. We work with mission-driven organizations and the donors that fund them. Our approach prioritizes evidence of impact, transparent measurement, and operational discipline.

Carlos Loperena
Managing Partner, Loperena Partners
Track Record
$21B
Global portfolio led across partnerships, product, and commercial strategy at a Fortune 100 financial services firm
$35M+
Annual strategic funding led, including a $40M microloan expansion for underserved small businesses
130+
Countries reached through global commercial and partnership strategy
04Resources

Writing.

Frameworks and notes developed in the course of client engagements.

Contact

Get in touch.

Every engagement begins with a short, confidential conversation. What you share here is read directly and answered within five business days, including the inquiries that are not a fit for our practice.

Best-fit profile: post-pilot high-impact organizations, and donors or family offices evaluating high-conviction giving.