Request for Proposals: Development Consulting Service

Request For Proposals: PAX sapiens
Development Consulting Service
Remote
Request for Proposals for Development support
Request for RFP Issued: January 24, 2025
Deadline to submit proposal: Please submit all application materials by no later than February 
21, 2025 at 5pm Mountain Time.

Organization Background
PAX sapiens (PAX) is the dba name of the Arsenault Family Foundation, a US-based 
international foundation with the mission of preventing predictable global catastrophes. Our 
three primary lines of effort are 1) pandemic prevention, 2) preventing armed conflict between 
the US and China and 3) nuclear risk reduction. We also administer Our Secure Future, which 
works to strengthen the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda to build a more peaceful
word through ensuring women’s full participation in governance.

Objective and Service Requirements
In support of our program impact and operating work, PAX is interested in developing an active 
development strategy to help identify external funders interested in supporting our work directly.
This RFP solicits bids from entities that have deep experience in development with 
internationally focused operating and grant making foundations. As a living donor foundation, 
our unique development goals require a sophisticated approach with experience identifying and 
cultivating institutional, government and major donor partnerships. We have existing 
relationships with peer donors and need a consultancy that is savvy enough to identify strategy 
and prospects with this in mind. 

The objective of this consultancy is to work with PAX sapiens to develop and assist with the 
execution of a fundraising strategy focused on supporting our programmatic work in crisis 
prevention. This should include developing an assessment of potential funder prospects, and 
generating a plan of outreach and prioritization of these funders. Successful consultants will be 
invited to extend this to ongoing support of program staff in executing these plans.
The entity selected will work with the Founder and Principal, VP of Operations, Operations Staff 
and others as needed

General responsibilities and scope of work will include:
1. Working with PAX operations, finance and program staff to understand PAX strategy 
and unique value-add as a global social impact organization.
2. Working with PAX program staff to understand the specific program plans and 
opportunities of our specific issue areas.
3. Generating the following deliverables:
a. A development strategy that identifies in-principal funding priorities for PAX to 
pursue, based on PAX’s strengths and unique contributions to global social 
impact.
b. A prospect map that identifies both general sources of potential funding and 
specific funder prospects in line with the strategy.
c. A plan for the implementation of the development strategy, including any 
additional capacities or consultant work needed as well as an identification of 
time or work needed from current PAX staff and capacities.

Performance Timeline
This initial contract is for up to six months, with the prospect of extending it if the initial phase is 
successfully completed.

Proposal Content
Interested parties must provide: (1) information indicating that they are qualified to perform the 
services and have the experience described in the first paragraph of the “Objective and Service 
Requirements” section above; and (2) a cost estimate for the level of effort described in the 
“Performance Timeline” section above.

Evaluation/Selection Criteria
Applications will be judged on the quality of their prior work, and the information provided 
pursuant to the description in the “Proposal Content” section above.