👋 Hello, I’m Vincent.

Regional Non-Profit Consultant

I know how challenging it can be for non-profits to secure the funding and support they need to grow. With years of experience writing successful grants worth $1M+ SGD, facilitating strategic retreats and personal coaching, I'm excited to partner you to move your mission forward!

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Vincent has a deep care for serving society and exceptional competencies in meeting design, facilitation and relationship building. I was so impressed that I asked him to contribute to my book and his essay: “Facilitating Citizen Action for Social Change: Strengthening Singapore’s Democracy Through Citizen Participation” is an excellent guide".

Douglas O'Loughlin
Associate Consultant, Civil Service College
As Treasurer in the Board for A Good Space Cooperative Limited, I observed Vincent's ability as GM to work with the Board to implement a comprehensive strategic plan, establish yearly budgets and workplans, review governance policies and ensure compliance with annual audit requirements

Christine Sim
CEO, The Entre Club Pte Ltd
During our collaboration on the Migrant Workers Listening Living Labs, I observed Vincent's proficiency in data collection, synthesis and presentation, workshop design and facilitation and resourcefulness to move teams beyond discussion to implement their ideas, even with limited financial and staff resources.

Michael Cheah
Former Executive Director, Healthserve Ltd

My Services

I apply my experiences working with non-profits over the years to add value in the following ways:

Grant and Proposal Writing

I help mid-sized non-profit leaders and social entrepreneurs in Singapore, the US and Europe with limited bandwidth to write successful grant applications and proposals, securing $1M+ SGD to grow their programs and services.

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Strategic & Civic Engagement Facilitation

I support non-profit leaders to facilitate strategic retreats and multi-sector stakeholder conversations to guide program / service design. I also partner government agencies and educators to design innovative citizen engagement experiences.

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Coaching for Non-Profit Leaders

Through ontological coaching, I support non-profit leaders and managers to find their own answers to getting unstuck, enhance decision making and build a plan for their goals, driving greater impact in their teams and organizations.

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Speaking / Moderation at Panels & Forums

I help to moderate or speak at panel discussions, forums, conferences, lightning talks, or brown bag sessions for non-profit sector and government agencies on the topics of social impact, co-operatives and active citizenry.

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Experience

My clients and partners include international non-profits, government agencies, statutory boards, private companies and institutions of higher learning.

Why Work With Me?

I have a proven track record of supporting non-profits around the world. My focal strengths include:

Ability to build trusted relationships

Through years of facilitating multi-sector dialogues across different social issues, working with non-profits around the world and brokering collaborative projects between changemakers, I have cultivated the ability to build trusted relationships, turning clients and strangers into partners and friends.

Continuous learning for thought leadership

I am constantly reading books, attending workshops and connecting with people from around the world to learn new approaches, frameworks and methodologies to enhance my skills for creating social impact. When there's something I don't know, I relish the chance to find out.

Personal experience of non-profit challenges

Having co-founded A Good Space Co-operative and served as its General Manager, I understand first-hand the fundraising, strategic and operational challenges faced by non-profit leaders, enabling me to be a good thinking partner.

Flexible approach to a variety of entities

Throughout my career, I have partnered a range of non-profits, community leaders, small businesses and large corporations to address social issues. This helps me understand the intricacies of different stakeholders and speak a language they resonate with.

Forward Singapore Conversations

I designed two conversations for citizens to meaningfully engage with Political Officer Holders in support of the Forward Singapore movement.
Migrant Workers Listening Living Labs

I helped to design and convene 90+ multi-sector representatives to prototype ideas that improve the life of our migrant workers, using the Collective Impact approach.
Grant Writing & Fundraising

Through my various projects over the years, I have written successful grant applications totaling $448,000 and generated $252,863 from operating a social enterprise.
Digital Inclusion Listening Living Labs

I helped to design and convene 78+ citizens and multi-sector stakeholders to work together to improve digital inclusion for the 51,100 families living in public rental flats in Singapore.
A Good Pitch

I helped to design two open grant calls to give away $1,000 to social changemakers. A wide variety of 77 active citizens came forth with their ideas to make a positive difference for society.
Polytechnic Forum 2021

I co-designed a 4-day virtual experience with the Ngee Ann Polytechnic Student Development Office, exposing 300 students across 5 polytechnics to various social issues in Singapore, inspiring them to become changemakers.
Why You Should Fail Book

I co-authored Why You Should Fail with my friend Grace to distill practical insights from Singapore’s top entrepreneurs to help aspiring young entrepreneurs avoid mistakes and empower more startups in Singapore to be successful. The book eventually sold over 1,500 copies.
Community Action Guide: Migrant Workers Listening Living Labs

I wrote a 166-page guide containing tools and reflections from my experience organizing the Migrant Worker Listening Living Labs for anyone looking to organize multi-sector stakeholders to contribute to a complex social issue.
Community Action Guide: Digital Inclusion Listening Living Labs

I wrote a 125-page guide containing tools and reflections from my experience organizing the Digital Inclusion Listening Living Labs for anyone looking to organize multi-sector stakeholders to contribute to a complex social issue.