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New Money on the Block: Funders for Housing and Opportunity
A new funding collaborative, Funders for Housing and Opportunity, has just launched. The collaborative, officially a project of the New Ventures Fund, involves (so far) nine large and well-known foundations.
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The Effects of Elections on Fundraising
While many people debate the effect of fundraising on an election – who gives the money, how much money any person or corporation should be able to give, what kind […]
Don’t Overlook Your Most Valuable Assets
One of your staff is attending a party unrelated to your organization’s business when an excellent fundraising opportunity presents itself. She is among a group of strangers, and not surprisingly, […]
Power of (Ex)change
An organization dedicated to “youth empowerment” sends a proposal to a sympathetic funder. The proposal contains this sentence: “We seek nothing short of revolutionary social change.” They then describe their […]
Fundraising Tuesdays
It’s Tuesday morning and as I dash out the door, my husband hands me a box of new #2 pencils. Last Tuesday, he gave me three rolls of toilet paper […]
Finding Funding Online: The Internet as a Fundraising Guide
At the beginning of 2003, nearly 81 percent of the 100 largest foundations and more than 1,600 of the 59,000 independent foundations provided information on the Internet. With more private […]
Trends for Funding CDC Commercial Projects
Community development corporations seeking financing for economic development initiatives are increasingly turning to nontraditional federal funds, tax credits and private sector collaborations. Historically, CDCs relied on Department of Health and […]
Nonprofit Partnerships With Corporations
While there is often a fundamental difference in values held by social change organizations and corporations, creating alliances with corporations does not mean selling out. It can be done with […]
And the Brand Plays On
Take this true/false test: Our organization understands the value of raising the visibility of its brand among clients, constituents, policy-makers and funders. Audiences we’d like to reach clearly understand who […]
Putting Idle Capital to Work
Nonprofit organizations, including community development corporations, often have idle capital deposited at a standard commercial banking institution. But there are a number of community investment alternatives that will put that […]
The United Way’s New Business Plan for Community Development
These cannot be fun times at the United Way of America (UW). An astonishing scandal at the National Capital chapter, covering Washington, DC, and the northern Virginia suburbs, continues to […]
How to Cope with Funding Cutbacks
I’ve been in fundraising since 1976, and I remember the panicked calls I received after Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980: “We’re losing our government funding; what shall we do?” […]
Profile of a Healthy Fundraising Program
Clients often ask me what constitutes a healthy fundraising program. At first glance, the ability to raise the money you need seems to be the most important criterion, but that […]