A Minute With Cristi Hegranes, Founder and Executive Director, The Global Press Institute

DG: Can you share a recent fundraising success?

CH: Earlier this year we reached out to the Nike Foundation, knowing that they fund programs specifically aimed at girls and young women. Our timing turned out to be impeccable, as the Nike Foundation was preparing to launch new "Girl Hubs" in a number of GPI countries, such as Rwanda, and was interested in supporting journalism as part of the programs. GPI was a good match with the Nike Foundation's needs, and the success of our partnership was aided by the strong relationships that we built among our teams. GPI and the Nike Foundation now have a programmatic collaboration under way in two countries. [It] has been a good reminder of the role that luck plays in fundraising: Sometimes being in the right place at the right time makes all the difference.