For Jay Mendell's book on overcoming stigma in fund raising, please surf to http://black-sheep-library.com  That's Black Sheep Fundraising: Obtaining Dollars Despite Stigma and Prejudice toward Abortion, AIDS, Alcoholism, Birth Control, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Drug Abuse, Eating Disorders, Gambling, Homelessness, Homosexuality, Mental Disorders, Partner Violence,  Sex Education, Teenage Pregnancy, the Unemployed, the Ex-Offenders, the Illegal Immigrants, the Juvenile Offenders, the Elderly, and Other Outcast Causes .

 

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Finding dollars on the Internet

Updated April 9, 2005

How to reach Jay Mendell
Gadget. Address. Where I’ll receive your message. When to use it. Details.
Home phone. 954.597-0574, a local call from phones between Ft. Lauderdale and Boca Raton. Coral Springs. 7 am to 7 pm, 7 days. With voice mail.
Cell phone 954.895-6364 Wherever I am, if the signal is strong enough. 24 hr, 7 days. With voice mail. 

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Must-Have Free resources on the Internet

  1. A terrific book on major gifts fundraising -- and it's free
    Face to Face: How to Get BIGGER Donations from Very Generous People by Ken Wyman     (http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/pc-cp/pubs/e/Fac2Fac1.htm)
  2. Another terrific book by Ken Wyman on fundraising for grassroots organizations (http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/pc-cp/pubs/e/Fr4gras1.htm)
  3. Online Fundraising Handbook from Groundspring.org (http://www.groundspring.org/learningcenter/handbook.cfm)
  4. The Foundation Center's online booklet on grant writing (http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html)

  5. Links to Jay Mendell's many Web pages on grantwriting and fundraising (http://GollyGrantsOnline.com)

Searching for grants and gifts

  1. For foundations, the Foundation Center's complete database may be consulted at four locations in the Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. In WPB, go to the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties. In Boca Raton, a few blocks east of FAU is the Junior League of Boca Raton. In Fort Lauderdale, Nova University is the archive, and in Miami, the United Way. 
  2. For corporate giving offices, (http://fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/gws_corp/corp1.html). Also, go the Web page of a corporation and see if there is a sub-page for "community affairs" Or "community relations."
  3. For  government agencies, use the Florida Resource Guide (http://www.myflorida.com/owa_redi/owa/redi_www.main_page.search) , then Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (http://www.cfda.gov/) or Grants.gov (http://grants.gov/)
  4. State of Florida grants offices, (http://411.myflorida.com/411/www_tel.public_subject.search_result?all_str=grant&page_size=100)

Prospect research

  1. Jay's specimen pages for teaching prospect research, (http://GollyGrantsOnline.com/prospect-research-links.htm)
  2. Tutorial on prospect research with links to databases, (http://www.lambresearch.com/)
  3. Most comprehensive site on prospect research, (http://www.executivelibrary.com/)

Examples of case statements

Here is an algorithm for locating case statements of an organizations in a particular field. 

  1. Go to the Google advanced search page. 
  2. For "with the exact phrase," enter "spotlight". For "return results from the site or domain," enter "http://www.fdncenter.org/". 
  3. Then for "with at least one of the words," enter your subject area, such as "addiction" or "homelessness". 

You will need to experiment until this works for you. Following these instructions  will let you find a large number of exemplary case statements.

Newsletters and magazines (http://www.nonprofit-info.org/misc/981027em.html#references)

Best bet for best practices

http://www.ephilanthropy.org/site/PageServer?printer_friendly=1

"Building an online presence is about so much more than creating an online brochure for your organization. It’s about using the Internet to build relationships with constituents so your organization can better fulfill and support its mission. Often, this means using the Internet to complement existing programs; in other cases this means creating new programs that you couldn’t have dreamed of before." 

P. 1 of Online Fundraising Handbook (http://www.groundspring.org/learningcenter/handbook.cfm)

"2. Use email effectively

"Email addresses are like gold – collect them everywhere, then use them for educating, activating, cultivating, and fundraising. Treat them like gold by having a strong commitment to privacy.

"3. Cultivate relationships

"Email and the Web make it easy to communicate and interact with donors and prospects. Serve their needs and expectations; invite their feedback and respond to it.

4. Promote your site"

"Even the greatest site won’t realize its potential if it doesn’t get enough visitors – and the right ones."

P. 13 of Online Fundraising Handbook (http://www.groundspring.org/learningcenter/handbook.cfm)

1. Bring potential donors to your site.

2. Make your site donor friendly.

3. Make the ask!

4. Collect email addresses.

P. 13 of Online Fundraising Handbook (http://www.groundspring.org/learningcenter/handbook.cfm)

Here is the info on advocacy.

E-advocacy for nonprofits. http://www.allianceforjustice.org/images/collection_images/eadvocacy.pdf

A grassroot advocates guide to influencing the local government budget process. http://www.arc.org/gripp/activism/local_budget.pdf

The nonprofit lobbying guide. http://www.clpi.org/toc.html

Using online advocacy. http://www.groundspring.org/learningcenter/groundspring-advocacy-guide.pdf

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