CAPITAL CAMPAIGN STRATEGY FOR PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS

The Institut Pasteur is a private, nonprofit foundation and internationally renowned center for biomedical research with a worldwide member network and 135-year history dedicated to studying infectious diseases. The client launched its “Pandemic Preparedness” capital campaign in 2022, with the main goal of building a new Center for Infectious Emerging Disease Research and a global surveillance system. In order to access this new market effectively, the Institut Pasteur enlisted a Capstone team to assist in its plans to expand the regional scope of its fundraising for this campaign to the United States. The team analyzed the characteristics of the fundraising landscape for emerging infectious diseases in the US and produced a final report identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the new center, along with environmental opportunities, threats, and strategies.