Vendor needs to provide strategic direction consulting services: • Strategic framing, market analysis, and future direction of the department. • Fundraising and partnership work is values–aligned, diversified, and positioned for long–term sustainability. • Map opportunities that maximize partnership impact while respecting indigenous protocols and ethical funding considerations. • Equip the department with a clear, implementable 5–year fundraising strategy and operational roadmap. • Provide risk mitigation advice for over–dependence on specific funding categories. • Develop a funder alignment matrix ranking prospects by gift potential, values alignment, and probability of success. • Identify high–potential funders aligned with values and strategic priorities. • Create a full fundraising strategy for each revenue stream.