In this last year, I’ve stepped away from fundraising full time and started to grow different businesses. And I’ve done fairly well, which makes me
How can you empower your donors to make something new?
How can you help turn your donors into entrepreneurs for your cause?
What’s more exciting than starting something new, and making it your own?
George Stevens recently posted on R.E. Foundations, the Council on Foundation’s blog, about entrepreneurial donors. He wrote,
“…community foundations are a platform for the nonprofit ecosystem. Do we encourage donor innovation using our platform? Do we engage the entrepreneurial donors in our communities? To fail to do so is to be left behind in the recovery of the nonprofit sector.”
I don’t usually go in for membership.
I find that whatever the cost is, it’s usually not followed up with enough concrete benefits.
However, there is ONE organization that I am a member of, which exceeds all my expectations, and I think it would help you to tell you about it.
Whenever this downturn is getting you down, remember.
YOU HAVE AN IMPACT.
Whenever you think that no one understands your struggle, remember these statistics.
1 in 57 people works in the food service industry, while 1 in 10 people works in the nonprofit industry.
This is a map of Texas, and how I drove all over it! Red line is actual route, Blue line is the route for squares.
