Empowering Your Board to Fundraise - Part 2 [fundraisingactivities]

Empowering Your Board to Fundraise - Part 2 [fundraisingactivities]

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An informative documentary sponsored by the American Task Force on Palestine. The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Washington, DC. ATFP is dedicated to advocating that it is in the American national interest to promote an end to the conflict in the Middle East through a negotiated agreement that provides for two states - Israel and Palestine - living side by side in peace and security. The Task Force was established in 2003 to provide an independent voice for Palestinian-Americans and their supporters and to promote peace. AFTP's Board of Directors is made up of a large group of noted Palestinian-Americans who agree with these principles. ATFP works primarily in Washington, DC, and seeks to build strong working relationships with government departments and agencies, think tanks and NGOs and the media. It has developed lines of communication with the US, Palestinian, Israeli and Jordanian governments in order to pursue its policy advocacy goals. ATFP has also engaged in humanitarian fundraising to support health and education causes in the occupied Palestinian territories.

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Five Easy Steps to Engaging them in Fund Development

We know we need to treat our board members like major donors and learned what communication style they prefer. To empower them to fundraise, we need to give them tools to make it easy. We need to work with our Board members to develop an individual fundraising plan for each of them.

Work with them to get their personal list of corporate and individual donors/prospects - Meet with them. Work with their assistant. Remind them about their lists - holiday, golf, church, alumni. Ask them to add current donors to their list Provide a way to develop and segment their list. Create an Excel spreadsheet for them to fill in the blanks. Ask them to segment the list for different fundraising appeals Provide a fax reply form that asks them the questions you need answered for special event or annual fund outreach. What letterhead do they want you to use? Will they sign or include notes before mailing? Set a deadline and empower them keep it. Call them before the deadline to empower them to be successful. If we let a deadline pass without follow up, the Board thinks it wasn't important to us Keep them informed.Update fundraising results and share regularly with Board members. Update their lists with donations received. Share progress at Board meetings and through email. Send notes and emails to encourage individual Board members.

Remember, Board members are our friends, can be our allies and we should treat them like major donors!

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