Fundraising:

See Also: House Parties

Fundraising

  • Marketing the Initiative to Secure Financial Support
  • Grassroots Fundraising Journal (Highly recommended! Sign up for their monthly e-newsletter!)
  • Fundraising in the Fall [Rainforest Action Network]
  • Activities That Raise Funds [PETA]
  • Fundraising 101 [PETA]
  • Fundraising [Community Works]
  • Asking For The Money: "If You Don't Ask You Don't Get" [Fund-Raising Forum]
  • Fundraising Planning and Documents [Fund-Raising Forum]

    Direct Mail

  • Direct Mail - Techniques to make your direct mail letters raise more money [Libertarian Party]
  • Fundraising Letters [Rainforest Action Network]
  • Direct Mail - Secret Weapon For Small Business [Women's Business Center]
  • Using Direct Mail [Grassroots Fundraising Journal]
  • What is Bulk Mail? Is it Right for You? [US Postal Service]

    Internet Fundraising

  • Using the Internet for Fundraising [Internet Nonprofit Center]
  • Moving Direct Mail Donors Online [Donordigital.com]
  • Online Donations: Sorting Out the Chaos [Online Networking for the Environment]
  • Online Giving: E-Commerce Affiliate Programs & Charity Shopping Portals [Online Networking for the Environment]

    Fundraising Letter Samples

  • 2002 Nevada County Greens Endorsement Letter. This letter was sent out with an unstamped return-addressed envelope the first of October, 2002 for the November elections to 1,900 local registered Greens, costing $800; and they received a response of $840 in chapter contributions, based on the plea at the bottom of the letter!

    (GROW: Last Updated April 12, 2003)