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RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

SOURCE OF GIVING

83% of all non-government contributions to nonprofit organizations come from individual giving.

11% from foundations

5% from corporations

WHO ARE YOU?

www.nuruinternational.org

HOW WELL ARE YOU AT TELLING YOUR STORY?

RELATIONSHIPS RELATIONSHIPS!

IDENTIFY

INFORMATION

INTERESTS

INVOLVEMENT

INVESTMENT

CULTIVATION CYCLE

PRACTICAL TIPS

It’s an adage of fund-raising that you should thank each donor seven times.  How creative can you be in designing different ways to do that?

Some donors complain that they only hear from the organization when they want money – let’s not do that; let’s communicate in different ways throughout the year, and use each opportunity (preferably in person) to thank the donor.

All this information – Identification, Information, Interests, Involvement, Investment – needs to be captured and maintained or past support.

Capturing this information means that we need a workable database to store and analyze these important data.

LOCAL BUSINESS/CORPORATE

LOCAL BUSINESS

DO PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY KNOW WHO YOU ARE?

WHAT TYPE OF REPUTATION DO YOU HAVE?

DO YOU BELONG TO ROTARY, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OR OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS?

HOW DO YOU CREATE A WIN-WIN FOR THEM?

CORPORATE

LOCAL CHAPTERS MANY TIMES HAVE FUNDS THAT THEY CAN GIVE TO THEIR COMMUNITY

THE TREND OF BEING GREEN AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE

CHASE COMMUNITY GIVING CONTEST

LISTEN WELL AND RESPOND

SPECIAL EVENTS

www.charitywater.org

INCOME GENERATORS

OCCASIONAL ACTIVITIES

★ CAR WASH, YARD SALE, ETC $

★ CONCERTS, SPEAKERS, ETC $$

★ YEARLY BANQUETS, HOUSE PARTY, ETC. $$$

REGULAR ACTIVITIES

★ VOLUNTEERS OPPORTUNITIES

★ CATERING SERVICES

★ RENTAL OF FACILITIES

TOP TRENDS IN ONLINE FUNDRAISING

1. MONTHLY SUSTAINABLE GIVING

2. DONOR CHOICE DONOR INPUT

3. GROUP AND NETWORKS

4. VIDEO

5. MAJOR DONORS GO ONLINE

6. BEYOND THE BUTTON

7. EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN

FOUNDATION GIVING

SOURCE OF GIVING

83% of all non-government contributions to nonprofit organizations come from individual giving.

11% from foundations

5% from corporations

FOUNDATION

FOUNDATIONS CAN BE PRIVATE (FAMILY, CORPORATE) OR PUBLIC (COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS)

CRITICAL INFORMATION YOU NEED TO RESEARCH ABOUT FOUNDATIONS BEFORE PREPARING A PROPOSAL

★ GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERVED

★ AREAS OF FOCUS

★ TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS FUNDED/LIMITATIONS ON GIVING

★ APPLICATION GUIDELINES AND DEADLINES

FOUNDATION INFORMATION

FDNCENTER.ORG PROVIDES ACCESS TO MORE THAN 80,000 FOUNDATIONS NATIONWIDE

THE FOUNDATION DATABOOK (HTTP://WWW.FOUNDATIONDATABOOK.COM).

THE GRANTSMANSHIP CENTER (WWW.TGCI.COM)

STATE FOUNDATIONS ( HTTP://WWW.TGCI.COM/FUNDING/STATES.ASP)

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