You’re right that the evidence for fundraising is a bit spotty. That’s why this project is a trial-run rather than a project for which we’re actively seeking funding.
None of us are members of the UK Institute of Fundraising. We don’t have enough staff to benefit from their reports and it’s not worth the $150 fee. And even if it were, they require one to be fundraising for two years, which we have not done. Therefore we also can’t see their methodology and agree that this is suspicious. Though, this report is available.
Furthermore, Wealth Engine has a report says there is 5:1 returns on grant fundraising. NFP Consulting Resources, Inc. repeats this claim and cites AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy, but they don’t say where.
Have you heard something different? I imagine MIRI has been involved in fundraising—how has that gone?
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Also, can I get a page number for the claim pulled from Achieving Excellence in Fundraising?
I made a mistake here. I didn’t actually read this book, but a friend passed it along as a potential citation. Now that I’ve gone through it on Google Books, I notice it doesn’t have any information on fundraising returns. My bad.
“Fund Raising” does have the citations, though. I’ll update the post.
You’re right that the evidence for fundraising is a bit spotty. That’s why this project is a trial-run rather than a project for which we’re actively seeking funding.
None of us are members of the UK Institute of Fundraising. We don’t have enough staff to benefit from their reports and it’s not worth the $150 fee. And even if it were, they require one to be fundraising for two years, which we have not done. Therefore we also can’t see their methodology and agree that this is suspicious. Though, this report is available.
Additionally “Fund Raising: Evaluating and Managing the Fund Development Process” provides another citation that are all throughout the book. The table of contents are pretty clear, but I can dig out page numbers if you’d like.
Furthermore, Wealth Engine has a report says there is 5:1 returns on grant fundraising. NFP Consulting Resources, Inc. repeats this claim and cites AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy, but they don’t say where.
Have you heard something different? I imagine MIRI has been involved in fundraising—how has that gone?
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I made a mistake here. I didn’t actually read this book, but a friend passed it along as a potential citation. Now that I’ve gone through it on Google Books, I notice it doesn’t have any information on fundraising returns. My bad.
“Fund Raising” does have the citations, though. I’ll update the post.