What types of fundraising approaches or events is the organization currently using?

Effective Fundraising Approaches
There
are many fundraising approaches to choose from to encourage donors to
financially contribute to an organization. As an administrator, you want
to carefully align fundraising approaches
with your organization’s philosophy, vision, mission, and goals. For
this discussion, you will research either a for-profit or nonprofit
early childhood organization and answer all of the questions listed
below. (Suggestion- start by searching “early childhood
nonprofit”)
Please respond to the following:
Provide the
title and web link of the organization and briefly describe their
philosophy, vision, mission, and goals (this can usually be found in the
“About” section).
What types of fundraising approaches or events is the organization currently using?
How
do these approaches align with the organization’s philosophy, vision,
mission, and goals? (You may have to browse the site, but often this
might be listed under “Events” or “News”.)
Based
on what you learned about this organization, what type of
person-to-person fundraising approaches would be most appropriate?
Which of these would you be most comfortable doing and which would you find most challenging?
Keep in mind that when you post, you should always reference items you cite — be sure to use APA
format for
this. Also, be sure to refer back to the rubric as often as you need to
during the week. The class is all about sharing knowledge, so use
discussions as a way of creating
a community resource for yourself and your colleagues.
This discussion addresses the following unit learning outcomes:
Identify a variety of fundraising principles and approaches.
Explore the ways organizations use websites for fundraising activities.
It also addresses the following Course Outcomes:
CE370-4: Explore multiple sources of funding and financing including federal, state, local,
private, grant writing, and alternative approaches.
CE370-5: Assess the alignment of principles of early childhood funding development and financial
planning with program philosophy, vision, mission, and goals.

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