Fundraising The Basics

• FAQs: Public Libraries & Fundraising
  • Trustees & Fundraising
    
    
• Fundraising / Gift Policy
  
  
• Planning for Fundraising
  • Long-Range Planning
  • Sample Strategic Fundraising Plan
  • Check Out Your Organization's Fund-Raising Readiness by Tony Poderis
  
  
• Area Public Libraries Specializing in the area of Fundraising:
  • Area Foundation Center Cooperating Collections:
    • The Adriance Memorial Library of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District
    • New York State Library
      For a list of the core resources at each of these sites click here.
  • The Fundraising Information Center (FICs) Libraries of the Mid-Hudson Library System (all provide access to FC Search):
    • Columbia County: Chatham Public Library
    • Dutchess County: Howland Public Library (Beacon)
    • Greene County: Cairo Public Library
    • Putnam County: Mahopac Library
    • Ulster County: Marlboro Free Library
      
      
• Friends Groups
  
  
• Volunteer Management
  
  
• Samples &Templates
  • Gift Agreement Form
  • Deed of Gift Form
  • Capital Campaign Case Studies: Millbrook Library | New York Library Association
  • Corporate Sponsor Appeal Letter
  • Fundraising Plan
  • Fundraising/Gift Policy
  • Gift Book Form
  • Gift Book Thanks
  • Grant Writing
    • Grant Proposals (The Foundation Center)
      • Desmond-Fish Library (Garrison) Proposal
    • Proposal Cover Letters (The Foundation Center)
    • Letters of Inquiry (The Foundation Center)
  • Matching Gifts - sample wording
  • Summer Reading Program Related:
    • Donation Letter
    • Corporate Sponsorship Letter
    • Specific donations from targeted business
    • Teen-specific donations
    • "Why Support Libraries?"
    
    
• Other Basics:

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    Selected Fundraising Terms	Glossary of fundraising terms.
    Glossary of Philanthropic Acronyms and Terms http://www-lib.iupui.edu/special/dict.html
    Chronicle of Philanthropy http://www.philanthropy.com/	The newspaper for the nonprofit world online.
    Should proposal writers be paid a percentage of grant monies received, or a fixed fee?	FAQ from The Foundation Center
    Council on Foundations http://www.cof.org/	The Council on Foundations helps foundation staff, trustees and board members in their day-to-day grantmaking activities. Through one-to-one technical assistance, research, publications, conferences and workshops.

    Grant Smart http://www.grantsmart.org/

    GrantSmart is an informational and interactive resource center for and about the nonprofit community. They have gathered data about private foundation activities that may be of interest to grantseekers, philanthropic organizations, and individual donors.

    Idealist http://www.idealist.org/	A large and easily searchable nonprofit database.
    Independent Sector http://www.indepsec.org/	"Independent Sector was formed to strengthen and promote a health and vibrant community of charitable, educational, religious, health, and social welfare organizations."
    Internet Nonprofit Center http://www.nonprofits.org/	The Internet Nonprofit Center is a project of The Evergreen State Society of Seattle, Washington. It offers information for and about nonprofit organizations in the United States.
    National Charities Information Bureau (NCIB) http://www.give.org/	NCIB's mission is to promote informed giving and to enable more contributors to make sound giving decisions. NCIB believes that donors are entitled to accurate information about the charitable organizations that seek their support. NCIB also believes that well-informed givers will ask questions and make judgments that will lead to an improved level of performance by charitable organizations.

    Cyber-Snooping: Prospect Research Resources on the Internet http://www.fund-online.com/classes/internet/snooplist.html	A list of prospective grant makers and their contact information.
    Prospecting Resources http://www.lambresearch.com/	"The Prospect Research Page is an attempt to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to research resources on the Internet. This is not an exhaustive list of sites that have applications for prospect research. These are personal recommendations for sites that should be useful to a prospect researcher."

    
    
    

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