Board members can help organisations to mobilise funds. These are some ideas:help
- Ask a foundation executive or corporate representative to sponsor your annual event.
- Ask a friend or family member to sponsor your annual event.
- Ask everyone you know to attend your annual event.
- Visit personally with elected officials, remind them of the good work your organization does in the community, and ask them to support it with appropriations.
- Write donors and ask them to consider increasing their gift to a new level.
- Promote annual gift club memberships to everyone you know and do business with.
- Make personal visits to former and current donors to update them, and ask them to continue their support.
- Ask other all board members to contribute an annual gift.
- Accompany the Executive Director on cultivation and solicitation calls.
- Help warm up a donor for a solicitation, or follow up after the call.