Fundraising: The Lifeblood of your Non-profit and its Community

02.15.2011

One subject that likely no one in a community gets excited to talk about is fundraising, especially in a volunteer-powered organization. The kind of thinking, planning, and professionalism that are required to obtain grants from corporate donors and individual or group philanthropists are not a high priority for a volunteers’ downtime activity. And while events like concerts and bake-sales seem to require less investment, the cash return is often less, and the number of hours that organizers actually invest often exceed what was projected.

Despite its dreariness, a good fundraising program is essential to a Non-profit, and there are a few tricks that you should keep in mind to make the process easier, more lucrative, and more fun. To see this article in full, please take this link to our new location!


Good Water Stewardship

07.07.2009

Last weekend I discovered that Blissfest offers free, solar heated showers. Bravo, festival coordinators! It is unusual to see increased amenities, especially with no extra charge. This simple gesture is a great example of how ‘greening’ businesses will be more capable of serving their customer base.

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