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Civil Society Institute (CSI) and the International Center for Not-for-profit Law (ICNL) conference on 15-16 May, in Tbilisi
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Mission Possible 1NGOs in Georgia Well FinancedIN KEY ROLES: LEAD NGOS IN GEORGIA
KEY TARGET: FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF PARTICIPATING NGOS
DEADLINE: ASAP – LATEST BEFORE WESTERN DONORS START EXITING
Sustainable NGO Institutional Sustainability: capacity to provide for the strategic framework, effective leadership and efficient organizational background for the NGO
Program Sustainability: capacity to provide for the best possible services and programs, making an impact, improve the lives of beneficiaries with the resources available
Financial Sustainability: capacity to generate the resources necessary to achieve institutional and programme sustainability
Building a strategy
What is our current situationWhat is our current situation??
• Financial structure• Fundraising budget• Financial needs• All of these in three years?
Building a strategy
What is our cause that we are asking support forWhat is our cause that we are asking support for??
• Is it understandable for people?• Is it valuable? How will it be valuable?• How can we communicate the cause?
Building a strategy
What is our causeWhat is our cause??
„Our mission is to assist persons with limb-deficiency in integration and social acceptance, improving their quality of life and preserving their dignity.”
„Our hands are essential parts of our bodies. They feed, they care and caress. We give back their hands to people who lost them in bad fortune.”
Building a strategy
How will we measure successHow will we measure success??
SustainabilitySustainability – can the program be repeated each year without starting over? Will past lessons make it easier?
ScalabilityScalability – can the program be improved upon and easily increased in size based on past results?
Cash FlowCash Flow – does the program require substantial outlays or delays between the time money is invested and returned?
Build FoundationBuild Foundation – does the program build a base upon which other fundraising can take place?
Geoffrey W. Peters
Forms of Corporate Partnerships
Monetary In-kind Time & HR
Donation / grant Goods and services (free or discounted)
Employee volunteering
Sponsorship Furniture, cars, computers & equipment
Secondment
Workplace fundraising Promotional goods (e.g., bags, samples)
Participation in community fundraising
Payroll giving Office supplies, access to copying, internet etc.
Advising, consulting
Cause related marketing Access to facilities (e.g., conference room,
transportation)
Help in fundraising (e.g., access to network
“circles”, contacts)
Strategic partnership (long-term support)
Advertisement space, promotion
Getting involved in the life of the NGO
(e.g., board member)
...and many more ... CSDF Hungary
Checking our premises Do you believe that the profit motive is evil?
◦ “Companies only care for the profit”
Do you believe that companies do not really have values?◦ “Companies do not care for clean environment”
Do you believe that they hold the upper hand?◦ “Companies look down on NGOs”
Do you believe that businessmen are bad people?◦ “Businessmen only care for their cars and yachts”
Direct MarketingDirect Mail (on-offline), telephone, email, sms, personal
AdvertisingBillboards, citylight, newspapers, magazines, DRTV
(„teleshop”), online/internet advertising
Below the line (BTL) - indirectCollection boxes, leaflets (strategically placed), newsletters,
own webpageFace-to-face
Street fundraising – Direct Dialogue, attending mass-events(e.g. festivals), door-to-door
EventsAuctions, concerts, gala events, walks, running & other
sports events, festivals, fairs, telethon
Fundraising techniques
Donor database What is our typical donor like?
◦ Place of living◦ Gender & age◦ Profession, occupation◦ Income level◦ Interests, habits◦ Life-situation, state of mind ◦ …etc.
Some basic terms
Cold list Address list of people with whom the organization had no previous contact
House list or house file The organization’s own list of people with whom it has communicated before
Prospect mailing Letter to potential donors
Repeat gift mailing Letter to those who have already given once
Donor acquisition Getting a donor to give to you
Donor retention Ensuring that the donor stays with you
Donor upgrade Assigning the donor to a higher status in the database (e.g. when s/he gives more or more often)
Strategic Fundraising Self-Test
1. What is the current situation?
2. What is our cause?
3. Who will support us?
4. Which strategic direction? Whom to target?
5. What methods? What case for support?
6. How to measure success?