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Martina Donkers

Evaluation | Grants | Training

You’ve got plans to change the world.

Let’s work together to make it happen.

I help people understand their impact, win grant funding, and build capacity in their teams.

I want to work with you to make a difference, and help you turn your idea into impact.

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EVALUATION

Get a deeper understanding of your work, your effectiveness and your impact.

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GRANTS

Design projects and secure funding to deliver meaningful outcomes.

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TRAINING

Empower your team with strategic knowledge and practical skills.

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Martina Donkers

Hi! I’m Martina

An Australian-based evaluator, trainer and grants expert.

When you have bold goals, you need the right support to help turn your vision into reality. With a friendly approach, deep expertise and a genuine commitment to your success, I’m here to help.

Whether it’s writing a stand-out grant application, evaluating your project, or equipping your team with the skills they need to achieve their goals, I’ll help your project succeed every step of the way.

Drawing on over a decade of experience in government, not-for-profits and social sector consulting, I offer a strategic and practical approach to help turn your ambitious possibilities into real-world results that can change lives for the better.

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PICK MY BRAIN

Martina brings clarity, thinking and precise knowledge to the conversations around projects. She gets the job done. You can trust that she will go out, do the work and deliver something that is of high quality. And that’s exactly what I need from an external collaborator.

Gerard Atkinson
ARTD Consultants

Why my clients love working with me

Expertise

A unique blend of experience, knowledge and perspective to help you steer your project to success.

Flexibility

A proactive problem-solving approach to work with you in the way that best supports your project needs.

Capability

The know-how to deliver high-quality results and provide comprehensive support to meet your objectives.

Reliability

A dependable, friendly attitude and an unwavering commitment to achieve your project’s goals.

Organisations I’ve worked with:

Martina Donkers

A qualified evaluator

Specialising in qualitative and mixed methods evaluation for large and small projects, I bring a deep understanding of the entire program cycle – from inception and design to funding, delivery and evaluation. I hold a Master of Evaluation from the University of Melbourne, so you can have confidence that my practical skills are underpinned by sound theoretical knowledge.

I was new to the evaluation space, and Martina took the time to listen and understand my objectives and challenges and then worked with me and the team to help build our capacity and produce a really sound, perceptive and detailed evaluation plan and report. We all really value Martina’s input on our evaluations and look forward to working with her again in the future.

Laura Bayndrian
NSW State Government

EVALUATION SERVICES

An engaging trainer

I design and run bespoke workshops on evaluation, grant writing, and program delivery topics for various organisations, including the Australian Evaluation Society. I’ll equip your team with skills and knowledge to succeed with in-house evaluation practice, project design and epic grant applications.

Martina Donkers

Your knowledge and ability to teach someone with such little understanding of the grant world is just outstanding and I feel as though I now have somewhat of an idea of what I am doing, so thank you very much!

Nina Denham
Blues Train

TRAINING SERVICES
MARTINA DONKERS

A grants expert

With years of specialist experience, including as a grant assessor, I can help you navigate the overwhelming world of grant funding, ensuring your applications and projects have the best possible chance of success.

Martina has been an incredible help to our organisation and significantly increased our grant-winning success rates. She has an incredible brain that helps us really understand the specifics of what the grant questions are asking and ensures we are answering them properly. She has an incredible ability to distil grant requirements and ask insightful, discerning questions from myself and relevant team members to ensure the highest quality grant applications.

Grainne O’Loughlin, CEO
Karitane

GRANTS SERVICES

Some of my grant writing results

$9.4m

To build a national perinatal mental health navigation service.

$450k

To co-design online safety resources for vulnerable young people.

$1m

To establish an innovative dementia support program.

$500k

To help a VR start-up transform work experience in schools.

$1.2m

To introduce a national early childhood nutrition education program.

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I love being a grant writer, and I want to give others that opportunity, too! That’s why I’ve put everything you need to work as a grant writer into my easy-to-follow, self-paced course.

Grant Writing for Freelance Writers gives you the skills you need to add grant writing to your suite of freelance services. Learn more and start the course today.

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Read the latest from my blog

Martina is listed as an Ian Potter Foundation External Evaluation Provider

I got some great news recently. I’ve been included on the Ian Potter Foundation’s list of External Evaluation Providers. This is a list kept by the Ian Potter Foundation to support their grantees to engage external evaluation support. The Foundation also makes that list public, so that other organisations can use it too. While the…

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The Great (Mostly Serious) Crowd-Sourced Debate at aes26 Darwin

The 2026 Australian Evaluation Society international evaluation conference in Darwin was a great experience, particularly our Great (Mostly Serious) Crowd-Sourced Debate! What’s a crowd-sourced debate, you ask? We came up with this fun alternative to the traditional debate format to build audience engagement – we wanted to make sure people actually thought actively about the…

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