Philanthropy Advisors – Asia
ASI provides highly tailored philanthropy support to individual donors, families, companies and foundations.
We are a registered UK company that was established in 2003. We have our Asian philanthropy offices in Malaysia. If you are based in Asia please contact Mr KK Tan in Kuala Lumpur. Contact us here.
Our aim is to ensure our client’s donations are targeted, traceable and have real lasting impact that we can measure. We work with clients to achieve their aims and the outcomes they would like to see.
Our knowledge and experience spans 20 years.
Through networks and original research we identify and carry out extensive due diligence on organizations and programmes before submitting our short list for the client’s consideration. We strongly encourage our clients to visit the programmes we recommend.
Our Approach
We take a top down approach to mitigate risk and ensure your investment is going to the right NGO and the right programme, in an area where it will have maximum impact.
Our risk analysis and opportunity process is carried out in this order:
- Region – Research dependent on the country and type of programme the client wishes to support
- Country – Political and economic review – full risk analysis and potential
- Local area – What is the Need? Who is working there, local economy/government review
- NGO – Comprehensive due diligence carried out
- Project – Impact, sustainability, value for money, short term long term outcomes
Visiting NGOs is essential
We visit NGOs that fit the client’s criteria. This is probably the one area that sets us apart from other philanthropy advisors.
We can also work in complex and challenging environments.
We interview the project workers, senior staff, donors and those that are benefitting from the project, or if it is a new programme of activity, the general work of the NGO.
If it is an environmental project we have experts that can analyse the outcomes, set against similar programmes and the impact the project is having on the local population.
Our services focus on major donors that want to see change happen in the shortest possible timespan.
Many of the donors we have supported want to engage in the work they have funded, understand the issues and sometimes take risks to see significant change happen.
Giving is the easy bit, knowing how, when and to who is far more difficult. Our goal is to significantly reduce investment risk.
