In this particular historical period – characterized by the Requesting funding scarcity of resources – funding calls are often indispensable to guarantee the provision of “services”, which become the object of planning and development, before being provided.
Foundations is one of the fundraising channels most widely used by nonprofit organizations, which however requires the deployment of everyone’s ability to see “beyond” the next curve and imagine multiple “possible futures” but also the ability to grasp in the Requesting funding present the weak “signals” of that future that feeds back into the present… and above all, knowing how to then tell it by transferring that vision onto forms and templates, without losing the vivid colors of the “vision”.
Major Donor Fundraising? Definitely a Team Effort
Anna Fabbricotti returns to talk
Us in this post about major donor fundraising and what are the essential requirements to start it. In doing so, she tells us a bit about her life and the experience she has gained over the years. Anna is a teacher of the module dedicated to major donors, companies and individuals, of the intensive fundraising course Startup Fundraising starting at the end of September. Registration is open.
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A few years ago, in a large cooperative with which I was collaborating to start a fundraising activity, I met a large “spontaneous” donor: he had come years before to get to know the structure, well-known and important for the territory. He had been welcomed with kindness, the general manager of the cooperative had accompanied him to discover the structure, introducing him to the operators and volunteers, telling him about its history and budgets, presenting him with all the documents he requested. Since then, he has donated very large amounts every year and responded to the operators’ requests when necessary. Why am I telling this? Because they, without knowing it, have done exactly what major fundraising work is: teamwork, not a solitary activity.