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Three kinds of enquiry arrive, and only one funds a programme.

Enquiries reaching an NGO come from three different people: a CSR manager shortlisting partners, a donor who saw one post, and a volunteer looking for a Saturday. GullySales separates the three, gives each a reply and a record, and works the corporate side backwards from the financial year.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

Realistic editorial illustration of ngos at work in India

What lead generation means

Lead generation is the combined work of every channel that brings in a new enquiry, whether from search, adverts, referrals or a stall at an exhibition. GullySales runs these channels together and reports the number of enquiries each one produced, not the activity behind it.

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Sales and marketing for NGOs, the overview.

Last updated 8 Nov 2026.

For NGOs

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The CSR calendar decides when you are useful”

    Company budgets are committed against a financial year. A conversation opened in February is a conversation about next year's money, whatever the company says.

  • “A volunteer wants a date, not a cause”

    People sign up for a named task at a named place on a named Saturday. An appeal to help with our work converts almost nobody.

  • “A donor decides in one visit or not at all”

    Somebody who saw a post gives within minutes or forgets. A payment step that fails on a festival day costs more than a slow website does all year.

What we do

What we deliver for NGOs.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. Three reply routes feeding one record

    Corporate, donor and volunteer enquiries routed to the person who owns each, with all three logged in the same place.

    Result: No enquiry depends on one officer's phone.

  2. A CSR outreach calendar built backwards from the year end

    Existing partners, past partners and target companies mapped against when their budgets are set, with the approach dated accordingly.

    Result: You ask while the money is still uncommitted.

  3. A qualifying note for corporate enquiries

    Cause fit, district, the size of the commitment and what registration the company needs you to hold, asked the same way every time.

    Result: Your programme officers spend time on partners who can proceed.

  4. Volunteer shifts published as dated openings

    Real shifts with a place, a time and a person to report to, listed where a student or an employee volunteering group can pick one.

    Result: Sign-ups arrive for slots you actually need filled.

  5. The donation flow tested before every appeal

    Payment, receipt and thank-you checked on a phone and a desktop in the days before an appeal goes out, and fixed where it breaks.

    Result: A gift begun on a festival day gets completed.

  6. Source recorded on every enquiry and donation

    Each arrival tagged to the programme page, post, forum or referral behind it, and reported against the baseline.

    Result: You know which programme brings the partners.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries generated
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries by source

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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Where enquiries come from

An NGO hears from companies, donors and volunteers through different doors, and each should be recorded the same day.

CSR head or committee email
Record the company, the contact, the focus area they fund and the date their committee meets. Reply with a one-page note on the programme that fits, and ask who signs the approval.
Donor through the donation page
Log the amount, the programme chosen and the details the tax receipt needs. Send the receipt and a thank-you note, and ask whether they would like to hear about the programme again.
Volunteer sign-up form
Note the skill offered, the days they can give and the nearest centre. Reply with dated openings, and record who is placed and who did not respond.
School, college or corporate group
Log the institution, the group size and the activity requested, such as a visit or a drive. Confirm the date and a named contact in writing, and ask what they want to take away.
Cash or cheque at an event
Collect the donor's name, contact and the details the receipt needs before they leave the stall. Enter it in the register that evening, so no gift sits without a receipt.
Government department or foundation grant call
Record the scheme, the eligibility conditions and the closing date. Check each one against your registrations, and keep the papers you need together before you apply.

Who it is for

This is written for these NGOs.

  • Grassroots community NGOs
  • CSR implementation partners
  • Educational and literacy NGOs
  • Healthcare and disability NGOs
  • Environmental and animal welfare NGOs
  • Disaster relief and rehabilitation NGOs
  • Women's self-help group and livelihood NGOs
  • Old-age and destitute care homes
  • Skill-training and livelihood NGOs

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Nobody answers the CSR enquiry line during working hours, so a corporate message would sit unread.
  • You run no programme a company could fund, so there is nothing to put in a proposal.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

Lead generation for NGOs: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

Define the organisations or buyers you can serve and the reasons they would consider a conversation. Bring examples of accepted and rejected prospects so the selection rule is visible.

Make the scope clear

Agree the research sources, contact approach, qualification rules, and handover. Clarify which meetings count as accepted and what happens to replies that are not ready to buy.

Check the work in use

Review why a prospect was selected and what was learned from the response. Count held, relevant conversations separately from contacts found, messages sent, or meetings booked.

Know when to change course

If the same objection appears repeatedly, adjust the offer or buyer group before increasing outreach. Respect a request to stop contact and keep the exclusion in the record.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

How it works

How the lead generation work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Requirements and capacity decision

    Send the requirements brief, then discuss your offer and available sales capacity with us. You receive the scope, fee, and term in writing before committing to the work.

  2. 2

    Source review and baseline approval

    We review available enquiry records and channel dashboards. You confirm the starting figures for enquiries by source, reply time, conversion, and cost per order, including gaps in the records.

  3. 3

    Offer and capture approval

    Your sales lead approves the audience and the questions needed before a call. Page copy and contact-use wording go through your internal review before publication.

  4. 4

    Test enquiry and sales handoff

    We test the agreed routes from submission to the shared record and first reply. The person responsible for sales checks that the record contains enough information to act.

  5. 5

    Launch and source decisions

    Traffic starts on the approved channels. We compare enquiry quality with the baseline and use your sales outcomes to decide which sources need changes or less spend.

Proof

Published examples of our work.

Real clients and the work recorded for each engagement. These examples may cover related services or industries. They show the method, not a guaranteed result.

All case studies

  • LL Trust

    Situation
    The trust had no identity of its own, so nothing in how it presented itself distinguished it from comparable organisations competing for the same donors.
    What we did
    • Comparable organisations reviewed
    • Logo and branding
    • A palette that carries the values
    • Reviewed with the trust
    Result
    No numbers were recorded for this engagement. The work is described in full in the case study.
    Read the case study

Also worked with

Chord Road Hospital · Curtain Label · Difesa Security Services · Felicity Inn · Hands On CSR · Implevista · Kambar Group · Kalessi · Kerur Pain Clinic · Lucky Deals · Natural Gases · NavaShakthi Souhardha · NewCom Logistics · Proton Technical Services · SB Engineering · Shakthi Foundation · Shakthi Group · Urbanest · Insyde Studio · Venkateshwara Laser Tech · Vivara Studios

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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When should we start talking about next year's funding?
Well before the financial year closes, because budgets are allocated ahead of the spending. Asking in the last weeks of March means asking for money already committed elsewhere. Begin with the partners you already have.
How do we stop volunteer enquiries going cold?
Reply within days with a specific shift, a place and a person to report to. A form that sends an automatic thank you and nothing else loses most of the people who filled it in.
A corporate asks for a proposal on a programme we do not run. Do we log it?
Log it, and write down why it was or was not taken up. Answer the company honestly. If another NGO fits better and you know it, say so. The record shows how many requests fall outside your programmes.
How do we track a donor who gives in person with no details?
Ask at the point of giving, politely, for a name and contact for the receipt, and say why. If the donor declines, record it as an anonymous gift. Do not guess details afterwards, because the receipt must match the donor.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.

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