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Fundraising and Development Fundraising and Development for Cooperative Extensionfor Cooperative Extension
An Overview of Corporate & Foundation An Overview of Corporate & Foundation DevelopmentDevelopment
Marilyn RhodesMarilyn RhodesDirector of Development
Corporate and Foundation Relations University of Wisconsin Foundation
March 10, 2011March 10, 20112011 County Leadership Conference2011 County Leadership Conference
Stevens Point, WIStevens Point, WI
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OVERVIEWOVERVIEW
1. Distinctions and similarities; Corp. vs Found.
2. Why give
3. How to choose a corporation or foundation
4. Resources
5. Letters of Inquiry
6. Stewardship
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Distinctions and SimilaritiesDistinctions and Similarities
Corporations – Business Imperative
Corporate Foundations – Business Imperative and Social Causes
Family Foundations – Social Cause
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Why Do Corporations Why Do Corporations and Corp. Foundations Giveand Corp. Foundations Give
Recruitment Marketing/Publicity Community
Relations Commercial or
Applied Research Geographic
Restrictions Social Cause/Social
Responsibility
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Reasons Why Reasons Why Family Foundations GiveFamily Foundations Give
Social causes such as poverty, child health, education, environment
Geographic restrictions – support local community
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How to Choose a Corp/Fnd PartnerHow to Choose a Corp/Fnd Partner
Community presence Giving history Amount awarded Average grant Personal connections Values and social
responsibility Up-to-date web sites Test the waters : Talk to
a Program Officer!
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Writing Tips for Letters InquiryWriting Tips for Letters InquiryWho, what, when, how and why?Who, what, when, how and why?
1. Concise and compelling opener
2. Link to funding their priorities
3. Identify problem
4. Document need
5. Fix problem
6. Evaluation and outcomes
7. Identify cost
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Writing Tips Writing Tips (cont’d)(cont’d)
8. Establish project as unique
9. Write to evaluator (s)
10.Address competency of program administrators or faculty
11.Identify partners
12.Show sustainability after grant period
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StewardshipStewardship
“Meaningful information about their gifts at work is the key to donors’ repeat and increased giving. Communication is the process by which information is delivered. Fundraising under-performance, therefore, is actually a failure to communicate.”
~Penelope Burke, Donor Centered Fundraising
•Regular Updates•Data driven reports•Human interest stories•Advice and counsel•Congratulations and thank you’s
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ResourcesResources
Grants Information Collection (UW Libraries) http://grants.library.wisc.edu/ - FREE
The Foundation Center http://foundationcenter.org/ Foundation Directory Online - FREE
ttp://fconline.foundationcenter.org/ Foundations in Wisconsin http://www.wifoundations.org/ Guidestar http://www2.guidestar.org/ Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-N (e-Postcard) Search
http://www.irs.gov/app/ePostcard/ Philanthropy News Digest RFP Alert [email protected] GOOGLE ALERTS - FREE Green Companies: Workingmothers.com, Money.cnn, Corpwatch.com CFRNET Discussion [email protected] - FREE
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Marilyn RhodesMarilyn RhodesDirector of Development
Corporate and Foundation Relations University of Wisconsin Foundation
(608) [email protected]