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Project COARemote
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Why this is on the board
Project COA wants to buy businesses whose profits then go to charity, so that one purchase keeps bringing in money year after year rather than once. You raise the A$ 4 to 10 million for that first purchase, which still has to prove the model works. If it succeeds, other philanthropists have an example they can copy.
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About the role
Raise A$4–10 million in philanthropic capital and loans to fund Project COA's first charitable business acquisition. - Own fundraising strategy: identify funders, develop materials, manage follow-up, and close commitments from philanthropist lenders and grantmakers. - Represent Project COA externally through podcasts, conferences, press, and ecosystem-building to communicate the charitable ownership model. - Learn the thesis deeply and persuade serious funders that this model offers a powerfu…
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