5 Tips For Grant Writing Success!

grant writing

With growing fundraising needs across society, the need to approach trusts and foundations for support is increasing. Grants fundraising takes persistence, determination, imagination and creativity! Here are my top five tips to writing successful grant proposals:     1. Do your homework These days most Grants research is conducted online and you can’t always be …

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Write: Thank You For Donation Letter

Thanking you donors

A little thanks can go a long way towards making people feel appreciated and needed. When your organization relies on donations from others, a “thank you” letter can accomplish just that. Fundraising does not stop when the drive is over, or when you’ve reached your donation goal. No good fundraiser is ever over until you’ve …

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Using Demographics To Target Fundraising Supporters

Demographics – statistics and summations of fundraising populations – can be useful tools for targeting fundraising efforts. Making the most of fundraising demographics entails research and effective utilization of the statistics available. Today’s Fundraising Demographics Fundraising demographics are wide and varied and, like every year, come with some changes and surprises: According to the U.S. …

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Sample Donation Request Letter to a Company

sample donation request company

Following is a sample donation request letter to be sent to a company. Before you send your letter, make sure you call and find out exactly who to address this donation request to. It might be the owner, someone in the public relations department, community outreach office or other contact. (More donation request letters.) Feel …

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Fundraising Donation Request Letters – A Writing Guide

donation request letter writing guide

Donation request letters can be used as just one part of a fundraising campaign, or they can be the campaign in its entirety. Many organizations prefer to run their campaign entirely through donation request letters because they   require few volunteers, but reach a large number of potential donors directly target interested donors and supporters …

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How to Write a Press Release for an Event

A fundraising press release for an event can be a powerful marketing tool that can lead to big exposure. The purpose of a press release is to alert media and the public that your fundraising event is upcoming. Often, local newspapers and TV stations will include the information on a community services page on their …

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Sample Donation Request Letter To Parents

sample request letter parents

Following is a sample donation request letter to be sent to parents; feel free to copy and customize this letter with your school specific information as needed. (>> More donation request letters. For any other use, please contact us first.)     Dear Parent, First of all, let me say: Thank you. Thank you for …

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Motivating Volunteers & Donors: Get The Word Out And Increase Profits

The key to successful fundraisers is obvious—get your volunteers to sell more, and get donors to spend more. Obvious, sure, but easier said than done. So what can your group do to make the most of your fundraising efforts and increase fundraiser profits? Get The Word Out Many excellent fundraisers fail for one simple reason—nobody …

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Motivating Volunteers & Donors: Show What You’re About

General fundraising information like brochures and order-takers tell volunteers that there is a fundraiser ongoing, and shows donors what they can buy or give. But order takers and product catalogs do little to motivate volunteers to participate and sell or donors to buy. Sometimes, volunteers and donors need you to take it a step further …

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