What's in your Fundraising Toolkit? Engaging your community with meaningful ways to give is vital to your fund growth and granting capacity. More money-in means more money-out to great grant projects.
What will your Fundraising Strategy do? Identify why Identify the objectives of the strategy
FUNDRAISING STRATEGY OBJECTIVES Identify potential fundraising streams Improve donor engagement Variety of giving methods Broader appeal Community awareness Increase granting funds Increase Foundation corpus, operations and sustainability
What’s in your Fundraising Toolkit? How can your community currently give to your Foundation?
CURRENT TOOLKIT 1 x event: Annual Charity Dinner Sponsorship of Annual Charity Dinner Direct donations by form and cheque
Reflection Is my current toolkit working? Are we missing any fundraising tools? Do my current tools need improvement?
What new fundraising tools could meet our objectives? What new fundraising tools are needed? What new fundraising tools are possible? What new fundraising tools are smarter, not harder? What new fundraising tools can we afford?
NEW TOOLS Supported fundraising events Online donations Online peer to peer campaigns Bequests Memorial giving Corporate sponsorship Workplace Giving Coin donation boxes Grant services
What new fundraising tools are gold star? Quick wins Wanted and needed by the community Ready to go
Implementation: Three years Year 1: High return, ready to go Year 2: Next steps, progressive Year 3: Finishing touches
Strategic details ~ setting the strategy for old and new Target: Goal: $ Benefits: Risks: Target audience: Aims: Key elements: Actions required: Implementation Date:
What's in your Fundraising Strategy?