Miguel de la Fuente-Lau
@mdelafuente-lau
I mobilise funding resources, cultivate strategic partnerships, and spearhead communications strategies for media and social impact organizations.
SingaporeWhat I'm looking for
I help social impact organizations mobilize resources through grant strategy, donor engagement, and authentic storytelling. With 15+ years across philanthropy, fundraising, and communications, I use human-centered and systems-thinking approaches to build trust-based partnerships.
As a Business Development Consultant for Mekong Review, I partner with the Editor-in-Chief on fundraising and revenue strategies, including grants, donor cultivation, and social media marketing.
Through my independent consulting practice, I provide philanthropy and social impact organizations with stakeholder stewardship, resource mobilisation, grants administration, and communications support. My writing experience includes grant proposals, reports, letters of interest, brochures, and other materials that demonstrate on-the-ground impact.
Previously, at The LeadersTrust, I managed grants administration for a $10+ million fund supporting worker rights organizations across California and led stakeholder engagement and convenings. I also administered grants to social justice nonprofit partners and coordinated communications work during the organization’s transition to an independent entity.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Mekong Review is a quarterly English-language magazine of arts, literature, culture, politics, the environment and society in Asia, written by people from the region or those who know it well.
Partnering with Editor-in-Chief on any business development, fundraising, and revenue
generating strategies and implementation, including but not limited to securing grants, cultivating donors, and market
Strategic Communications and Philanthropy Consultant
Aug 2023 - Present (3 years 1 month)
Providing social impact organizations with communications thought partnership and writing support to mobilize resources, including grant proposals, reports, letters of interest, and brochures.
Offering consulting for philanthropy and social impact organizations in Singapore and across Southeast Asia. Services include support for stakeholder stewardship (e.g. donor engagement, event planning and facilitation), resource mobilisation and management (e.g. fundraising and grants administration), and storytelling and communications (e.g. writing grants, reports, general content creation)
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DataLEADS is a digital media and tech company engaged in providing services
in data analytics, capacity building, media research and digital transformation.
Engaged in the provision of securing revenue and building business partnerships across Southeast Asia and other regions, including securing sponsorships, tenders, and service agreements.
Managed all aspects of LeadersTrust's Fair Work Affiliate Regrant program and the Fair Work Growth Fund (in partnership with the James Irvine Foundation's Fair Work Initiative).
Primary responsibilities included project management for the entire grants administration process for a $10+ million fund supporting worker rights organizations across California; stakeholder management and relationship c
Administered general operating and project-specific grants to social justice nonprofit partners
Oversaw several internal communications projects during our organization's transition into an independent, fiscally sponsored entity. This included managing the creation of logo and website and coordinating the launch of our new identity and hiring our first Executive Director.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of California, San Diego
Bachelor of Arts, International Studies
Earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the University of California, San Diego.
University of Southern California
Master of Social Work, Social Change and Innovation
Earned a Master of Social Work with a focus on Social Change and Innovation from the University of Southern California.
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SingaporeAuthorized to work in
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