You may assume that you need to have the best fund raising idea on earth to make good money for your organization, but nothing could be further from the truth.
The act of raising money is not all that important when it comes to nonprofit fund raising.
This article will look at the most important aspects of non profit fund raising.
Yes, it is important to have a good idea when you have a fund raising task ahead of you.
Yes, you do need a good plan laid out for your non profit fund raising efforts to succeed.
However, the key should not be to find the best or most organized fund raiser to make money.
The key should focus on the contacts you will make for the future.
Most non profit organizations are in constant fund raising mode.
Very few organizations are fortunate enough to come up with one good fund raising idea and use it for years and years to come for raising the bulk of their funds.
Most non profit fundraising efforts are a culmination of several fundraisers throughout the course of the year.
You must make solid relationships or all your efforts are wasted.
Making strong connections with local contributors and private foundations is the life blood to any non profit fundraising effort.
You must have sponsors you can cal on a moments notice to fund or help start a new fund raising idea.
If you do your job right then you may not even need to explain the fund raising idea once you build a donors trust.
Every non profit fundraising group that has any success at all can make a few phone calls and get some major sponsors on board to help kick off their annual or semi annual fund raising projects.
If you lack experience with working with private foundations and finance manager that are able to kick start your efforts you should hire a good consultant to train you.