Fundraising and Special Events

Books on this topic

Articles and excerpts on this topic:

• The Before Budget vs. The After Math from Secrets of Successful Fundraising
• 50 Ways to Make Your Next Auction a Success from cMarket Learning Center
• Frictionless Fundraising:  How the Internet Can Bring Fundraising Back into Balance by Michael Gilbert
• Fundraising from US Companies from Fundraising from America
• Getting to Yes from "Dear Association Leader"
• The Happiness of Giving:  The Time-Ask Effect, by Wendy Liu and Jennifer Aaker (2008-51 pg PDF), Center for Responsible Business. Concludes that people asked to volunteer give more money than those who are not.
• How Charities Can Raise Money With Twitter and Other Social-Networking Tools. transcript of live discussion in Nov. 2008 held by The Chronicle of Philanthropy
• Social-Media Workshop: How Nonprofit Groups Can Use Online Tools to Build Awareness and Raise Money, transcript of a live online discussion by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, February 2009.
• Top Ten Reasons for Becoming a Fund Raiser from Accent on Humor book set: The Wit and Wisdom of Philanthropy
• Using an Online Auction to Raise Program Funds, outlining the
  experience of the The Northern Arizona Regional Gerontology Institute with Mission Fish
• Volunteers and Donors - More Alike than Different by Susan J. Ellis from The NonProfit Times

Free electronic books on this topic:

The Can Do Events Guide by Oxford Inspires (2007)

A guide to running events in Oxfordshire (UK) but the help and guidance in terms of how to set up an event is generic.

Web sites with useful information on this topic:

Bank of America Philanthropic Management

https://www.bankofamerica.com/philanthropic/fn_search.action
Site that provides detailed information about the grantmaking focus of approximately 70 foundations, including their missions, application procedures, proposal deadlines, and contact information. Currently (2008), the site is an introductory portal for foundations distributing charitable grants in: Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island.

Benevon Model of Fundraising

http://www.benevon.com/resources/model_overview-1

Founded by Terry Axelrod, Benevon trains and coaches nonprofit organizations to implement a mission-based system for raising sustainable funding from individual donors.  A free overview of their model is available here.

Contributions Magazine Archive Library

http://www.contributionsmagazine.com/feature.html

Archived articles on all aspects of fundraising and other related issues from this bimonthly print publication.

Developing Volunteer Projects Toolkit

http://www.behandson.org/wiki/developing-volunteer-projects-toolkit

The Developing Volunteer Projects Toolkit offers simple, practical advice for planning group volunteer projects, ready-to-use worksheets and forms, and strategies for engaging volunteers in service.  Especially pertinent for corporate volunteers since the site was created for the employees of Home Depot to work with Hands On Network.

The Foundation Center FAQs

http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/faqs/full_list.html

The venerable Foundation Center site has lots of information for grantseekers, and this FAQ list is great, especialy for beginners.

The Grantsmanship Center Magazine

http://www.tgci.com/magazine/archives.asp

Archives of articles on all aspects of fundraising.

 

GrantStation

http://www.grantstation.com/

Great amount of information on how to fundraise through grants, including a multi-part  explanation of "Understanding the Philanthropic Landscape":
http://www.grantstation.com/Public/tracks_to_success/p/main.asp

GrassrootsFundraising.org Online Archive

http://grassrootsfundraising.org/magazine/archives.html

Articles on ways small organizations can raise funds.

Greenability

http://www.greenability.org/

Canadian fundraising expert Ken Wyman offers several free articles and guides to grassroots fundraising and special events.

"A Guide to Investing in Volunteer Resources Management: Improve Your Philanthropic Portfolio"

http://www.community.ups.com/downloads/pdfs/guide.pdf

Part of AVA's "Positioning the Profession" project, this unique 21-page guide can be used anywhere to educate funders about the value of supporting volunteer efforts.

ICVolunteers

http://www.icvolunteers.org/

Unique international program offering the management of volunteers for nonprofit conferences and events, at no charge except expenses.  For eligibility details and a summary of their work, see: 

http://www.icvolunteers.org/index.php?what=ser&id=6

Institute of Fundraising (UK)

http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/

Has developed a series of codes of practice in fundraising for the UK.  See especially their 2005 release, "Volunteer Fundraising Code."

Network for Good Learning Center

www.fundraising123.org

Provides online fundraising services and training to nonprofit organizations through fundraising tools, e-newsletter communications, free teleconferences presented by industry leaders and its Learning Center (www.fundraising123.org). In 2008 it acquired ePhilanthropy.org.

The NonProfit Times Grant Search

http://www.nptgrantsearch.com/

Free, searchable database of more than 4,000 $1 million+ corporate donations, including the category of “philanthropy/voluntarism.”

Philanthropic Capacity Building Resource Database

http://www.humaninteract.org/reports/pcbrdatabase.asp

Human Interaction Resource Institute offers snapshots of foundation funding for "capacity building."  Page also gives Web site links to other sites concerned with nonprofit support.

PlanetFriendly.net

http://www.planetfriendly.net/promote.html

"How to Organize & Promote an Event or Meeting"

portal and guide for activists.

PTO Today "Focus on Fundraising"

http://www.ptotoday.com/fundraising

Archived articles on all sorts of fundraising ideas for leaders of parent/teacher groups but applicable to any organization.

SixDegrees.org

http://www.sixdegrees.org/

Any one person is connected to any other person through six or fewer relationships, because it's a small world. SixDegrees.org (founded by Kevin Bacon and Network for Good) is about using this idea to accomplish something good (social networking with a social conscience). Support favorite charities by donating or creating fundraising “badges” — as well as check out the favorite causes of other people, including celebrities.

Volunteer Spot

http://www.volunteerspot.com

Free site designed to enable anyone to quickly mobilize, coordinate , and schedule volunteers in their community, congregation and social network to accomplish projects more easily.

Revelant Hot Topic essays:

• It’s Volunteers and Money - May '08
• Should We Ask Volunteers to Give Money on Top of Time? - July '04
• Raising Money through Volunteer Labor - June '03

 

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