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Info Sheet: Fundraising
Compiled by Erin Ely
General Foundation Information
The
Foundation Center
The Foundation Center's mission is to support and improve
institutional philanthropy by promoting public understanding
of the field and helping grantseekers succeed. Founded
in 1956, the Center is the nation's leading authority
on institutional philanthropy and is dedicated to serving
grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers,
the media, and the general public. Lots of great
information here!
Information about Nonprofits
Internet
Nonprofit Center
Scores of items of information and advice about nonprofits
are included in this online resource. The items come
from discussions on email lists, in UseNet, and other
sources. This is an excellent resource site.
Extensive information here.
Nonprofit Classes and Workshops
Nonprofit
Management Class at the Business Center LCC, Eugene,
Oregon
Created to help build sustainable nonprofit organizations
through better business practices. Learn to better focus
time, energies, and funds to bring optimal benefit to
your stakeholders. Sixty hours of course work, with
group networking and mutual problem solving, and ten
on-site visits with business coaches. Contact Rita Grimes,
program assistant, at 541-463-4618 or grimesr@lanecc.edu
for information. This is a brand new program this
year, 2002. This is definitely worth taking, the
current instructor, Sharon Gibson is very knowledgeable
and has 28 years of experience as an Executive Director
of a nonprofit organization.
Granting Foundations located
in the Pacific Northwest
Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington
A nonprofit membership association comprised of
private and community foundations, charitable trusts,
grantmaking public charities, giving circles, and corporate
giving programs. On this site you can find a list of
Foundations in Oregon. Some of them have websites
or email addresses others are just listed by name.
The
Foundation Data Book
Links to Oregon Foundations. This is a great resource
for getting links to Oregon Foundations. All foundations
do not have websites, this site is created by the publisher
of the Foundation Data Book which is a compilation of
all the Foundations in Oregon, what they fund, how to
contact them, etc. This is a great starting point
if you do not have the extra money to purchase the Foundation
Data Book.
Grant Writing Help
The
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting evaluates hundreds
of proposals each year for a variety of funding purposes.
This publication is an easy guide to the basic elements
of grant writing and is offered to assist applicants
to CPB and to other funding sources. It offers guideposts
to help you through each stage of the process.
Lane
Community College
Lane Community College, Grants Information page.
Fundraising Help and Information
TIPS: In the scheme of fundraising, 90% of your money
comes from people, 6% comes from foundations, 4% comes
from corporations, you have to ask people for money...give
people opportunities to support you!
Nonprofit
Charitable Orgs
Links to information about nonprofit fundraising. A
collection of articles, planning ideas, fundraising
tips, grant writing information , Foundation information,
discussion groups and more. This is a commercial
site with lots of advertising.
Grassroots Fundraising
Grassroots Fundraising Journal: Practical tips and tools
to help you raise money for your organization.
Grassroots Fundraising believes
that fundraising is a critical and integral part of
progressive social change. We also believe that anyone
can learn fundraising. For both those reasons, we create
and distribute accessible materials that teach people
how to raise money.
Raising More
Money
Raising More Money: Sustainable Funding for Your Mission
Raising More Money trains and coaches nonprofit
organizations to implement a mission-based system for
raising sustainable funding from individual donors. This
system ends the suffering about fundraising and builds
passionate and committed lifelong donors.
Companies that offer Fundraising
opportunities
Cafe
Press
Online store that will sell mugs, bags, t-shirts and
more with your logo on it.
1200+
Fundraising Companies
1200+ independent fundraising companies in the directory
can provide traditional, unique, and even bizarre fundraising
products and ideas for your next fundraiser. Companies
are listed by category and by state.
There are a lot of possibilities here.
Fundraising with a conscious
Endangered
Species Chocolate, located in Talent, Oregon
Chocolate bars made with organic and Fair trade cocoa.
The owner will come and give presentations to your group.
These are the chocolate bars you see in places like
Wild Oats, Sundance, Price Chopper, etc.
Annick's
Old World Coffee
Certified Organic and Fair Trade Premium Coffees
Cocoa
Camino
La Siembra Co-op is a leading North American fair trade
organization offering consumers high-quality, certified
fair trade organic products that improve the livelihoods
of family farmers and the well being of communities
at home and abroad, located in Canada and expanding
into the US
New
Growth, located in Portland Oregon
Offering high-quality, established trees and plants
that ensure our customers a positive growing experience.
Always environmentally-conscious, New Growth's packaging
materials, containers and wraps and ribbons are recyclable.
Funding for Artists
Artist
and Cultural Support Funding
Media Outlets for Press Releases
TIPS:
- Make sure you have a well written press
release (see
press release information)
- Call the station and tell them what you
are wanting to do, find out who is the right
person to send your press release to, usually
it's someone in the Newsroom. Send your
press releases by FAX and by snail mail to television
stations and follow up with a phone call if
you really want to make sure your event is publicized.
Everyone thinks their event is special so if
you want coverage you will have to follow up
on it.
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KEZI- ABC
affiliate, Eugene, Or
Phone: (541) 485-6511
Fax: (541) 343-9664 Attn: Newsroom assignment editor,
weekend assignment editor (if it's a weekend event)
Address: 2975 Chad Dr, Eugene, Or 97408
KVAL -
CBS affiliate, Eugene, Or
Phone: (541) 342-4961
Fax: (541) 342-5436, Attn: Newsroom assignment editor
Address: 4575 Blanton Rd, Eugene, Or 97405
KLSR - Fox affiliate, Eugene, Or
Phone: (541) 683-3434
Fax: (541) 683-8016, Attn: Newsroom assignment editor
Address: 2940 Chad Dr, Eugene, Or 97408
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