High Impact Fundraising: A Guide for Donors and Organizations

For hundreds of years not-for-profit organizations such as churches, foundations, clubs, and societies have been a force for good in throughout the world. These organizations, their volunteers and supporters have alleviated suffering, educated millions, replaced despair with hope and assisted progress in the arts and science.

This short, easy-to-read booklet has three objectives:

1. To help donors place their resources (time, expertise, and money) with organizations that will use these resources efficiently and effectively.
2. To help not-for-profits attract and retain funding from individuals, corporations and government agencies.
3. To encourage and help both donors and not-for-profits to focus on achievable objectives.Making a difference, a real impact, is very important.

This booklet will be of interest and benefit to:

• donors and benefactors
• staff of charities, not-for-profits, clubs, societies, foundations
• members of religious institutions
• trustees and member of boards of directors
• volunteers
• professional fundraisers
• grant writers
• financial advisors
• members of the legal profession

High Impact Fundraising: A Guide for Donors and Organizations is filled with advice for donors on placing their contributions where achieve the best results. For not-for-profits, the booklet contains many practical, no cost or low cost tips and techniques that can be used today to attract and increase donations and supporters.

Contains links to free, quality web resources that you can use to obtain further information on specific topics.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Using this Booklet and Terminology
3. The Unique Characteristics of Not-for-Profits
4. The Mission Statement of Not-for-Profits
5. Accountability
6. Meeting the Needs of Today and Tomorrow
7. Researching Not-for-Profits
8. Giving Responsibly - Advice for Donors
9. Types of Gifts and Methods of Giving
10. The Link Between Donors and Not-for-Profits - Trust and Credibility
11. Fundraising - Advice for Not-for-Profits
12. Volunteers - A Very Valuable Asset
13. Managing the Cash
14. Further Reading and Web Resources
15. The Last Word

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