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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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Raising Money on the World Wide Web
Anyone who knows me will probably laugh at the idea of me writing an article about using the “web” to raise money. I am one of the least technical people […]
The Board and Fundraising
The broad purpose of a board of directors is to run an organization effectively. Board members are bound to ensure that their particular organization is operating within state and federal […]
Using Letters Effectively
Like most Americans, you probably buy or give by mail occasionally. You order from catalogues, you respond to credit card promotions, and once in a while you open mail appeals […]
Hiring a Consultant
There are times in the life of almost every group when a fundraising consultant can be helpful. These times are characterized by one or more of the following situations: You […]
Hiring a Development Director
As small organizations grow, they grapple with the need to raise more and more money. Inevitably, they must consider hiring someone to take charge of fundraising. This is a difficult […]
Twelve Ways to Say “Thank You.”
My colleague Kim Klein, publisher of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal, once wrote an article, “Donors Are Not Water Faucets.” If you only contact your contributors to request money and ignore […]
Schmoozing 102: How to Meet Foundation Officers
In Schmoozing 101, in the last issue of Shelterforce, we discussed the value of developing strong, healthy relationships with grantmakers. Before turning to specific ways to meet foundation officers, here […]
Schmoozing 101: Developing Relationships with Foundation Officers
If you want to raise money through grant proposals, one of the most important things you can do is develop strong, peer-to-peer relationships with the decision makers. The value of […]
Everything I Know About Fundraising
In 1980, a few weeks after Ronald Reagan was elected President, I answered a classified ad in the Portland Oregonian. The first word was ACTIVIST. I can’t remember the rest […]
Why People (and Foundations) Give Away Their Money
A great deal of unnecessary mystery surrounds the process of philanthropy (a fancy word for “giving away money”). Dozens of books, articles, and sociological studies have analyzed the typical donor, […]
When in Doubt, Think
In the words of Gandhi, “If the cause is right, the means will come.” There are resources out there – in every community, however small and however poor. We need […]