How to Maximize Your Fundraising Efforts

1. Keep Ohio Beautiful How to Maximize Your Fundraising Efforts

3. TBG

5. NONPROFIT IMPACT • Competitive Marketplace

6. Giving USA 2014

7. Giving USA 2014

8. Grant Proposals are Powerful • Reflects the professionalism of your organization • Illustrates how your organization will perform on the grant award

9. The Basics of Effective Proposals • Demonstrates you know about the grantor and its past awards • Completed by following the proposal instructions • Provides a concise case for support • Demonstrates a need or purpose v. a “nice to have” • Focuses on the request (need and your proposed solution) and less about the history and background of the your organization

10. Behaviors to Avoid • Calling with questions too close to the deadline • Late applications • Creating your own sense of reality and instructions

11. Differentiate your Proposal • Deliver result on previous grants • Communication, honesty, and gratitude • Be a good steward of previous grants • Follow instructions • Offer leverage • Demonstrate true collaboration • Meet with funder and include others • Build an organization that has low staff turnover • Provide evidence of board involvement and giving

12. Insights from the Field

13. Reality