A workshop on working with foundations originally presented to student at Elon University's Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement.
14. â You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.â - Woodrow Wilson
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If you had $10,000 to give away tonight, where would you give it and why?
- Learning to work with Foundations is only one small part of a successful nonprofit organizationâs fundraising strategy
- Learning to work with Foundations is only one small part of a successful nonprofit organizationâs fundraising strategy
If you know how to work with one foundationâŠ.you know how to work with one foundation.
Triangle Community Foundation was founded 27 years ago and makes over $14 million in grants each year to nonprofit organizations throughout our region, state, and world. Â This grantmaking primarily takes place in two ways â (1) through donor-advised funds and (2) through the Community Grantmaking Program. Â Over 80% of the Foundationâs grantmaking takes place through our Donor-Advised Funds grantmaking program. Â Donor-advised funds are accounts that individuals, families, or businesses open here at the Foundation. These fundholders then work with the Foundationâs donor-services staff to make recommendations as to where grants from their accounts should go. Â The Foundation does not accept proposals for grants from donor-advised funds. Instead, we ask that nonprofit organizations stay in touch with us via email, in-person meetings, and events to inform us about funding needs and opportunities. We then share information about your organization with fundholders, as appropriate. This is an on-going, rolling process. Grants from donor-advised funds are processed every Friday. Grants from donor-advised funds are much more like gifts from individual donors then they are like grants from private or corporate foundations. Â
Thinking from a funderâs perspective will make you a better proposal writer.