Best Fundraising Practices Chapter Leaders Call November 15, 2010

Outline  Make a budget  Build a fundraising timeline  Use your campus resources  Market yourself  Tie lose ends

Make a budget  Prepare it at the beginning of the year  Go big  Include potential funding sources  Break it down as much as you can  Update as the year goes by

Build a fundraising timeline  Most grants have either one or two cycles  Make a calendar of deadlines from sources you have used before  Research for more grants  Make notes on grants awarded and conditions

Use your campus resources  Differs depending on school…  Consult your campus’s Office of Student Affairs, Student Activities & Leadership, [Insert Name Here]  Share budget and get advice  Talk to professors and staff interested in your particular projects  Collaborate and share expenses

Market Yourself  Get the word out and money might just fly in  In-kind donations  Anonymous donations  Professors  Make a newsletter (electronic preferably!) / Investment Profile

Tie Lose Ends  Write summary reports for grants that need them  Report and return money not used  Update budget and fundraising timeline  How did we do?  Effective transition