fundraising

Wanna breakthrough in fundraising? First, change the way you think!

Mike.Delponte — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:05:33 -0400

If I could give you one piece of advice on fundraising, it would be this: go to the For Impact Web site and absorb everything they offer.

Attend a free teleseminar.
Read all of their nuggets.
Invest in a training camp.

The folks who lead For Impact have over 30 years of social sector experience, and they’ve fundraised more than $1 billion (yes, that’s billion with a “B”). They are the experts; I’m just a messenger. But the message I have today is simple and powerful, so start here and then check out the resources mentioned in this post.

So here's my #1 suggestion to transform your fundraising results: CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK. Change the way you think about yourself, your organization, and funding your vision. read more »

How to Make $5,000 by writing 2 pages

Mike.Delponte — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:30:44 -0400

Before I started the CLYV Social Innovator program, I committed to providing up to $1,000 in seed money to each venture that we launched. There was only one problem: Conscious Lifestyle didn't have any money to give. We were a new organization and had done almost no fundraising at all. Nonetheless, I knew that if I were going to do this program, I had to give it my all. So I committed to providing seed grants of up to $1,000. There were two things that prevented this ambitious goal from becoming a disaster. First, Conscious Lifestyle formed a partnership with Youth Venture, which co-funds each venture. Second,

I learned how to make $5,000 by writing two pages.

Here are the takeaways from that experience that you can apply to your grant writing: read more »