Have you been thinking about organizing a fundraising event for your organization but the idea of investing time and effort into a fundraiser just seem overwhelming considering your other responsibilities? Are you hesitant to take on the costs of a fundraising event both in terms of expenses and in terms of lay and professional manpower?
Here’s where our proposal comes in! We’ve decided to plan and run a large fundraising event in which several organizations will collaborate in sharing the investment, work and profits. We invite you to read on and contact us if you –like us—are enthusiastic about this win-win venture.
Our planned fundraising event, tentatively to take place in the late spring of 2012, would focus on one or more areas of social concern, and represent a collaboration of 3-4 non-profit organizations that all have a goal in common. Possible unifying topics for the event include:
1. Education
2. Health
3. Employment
4. Pluralistic Jewish values
5. Arts and Culture
We are open to all suggestions. Ultimately, we will choose the unifying topics based on the number and types of organizations interested in participating. Once we have solidified the partner organizations, we will decide together on a venue, programming, type of food, entertainment, etc. The location and other contributing elements will depend on the organizational capacity of participants. We hope that part of the programming will stem from the uniqueness of organizations themselves (i.e. art exhibit, choir, performance, etc.).
How will money be raised?
We thought you’d want to know! First and foremost, each organization will be allocated a set number of tickets to sell, at the starting price of 360 NIS, with more expensive tickets available for individuals willing to be sponsors. The goal is to hold the event in a venue large enough to hold 400-600 attendees.
Our office will recruit the participation of a number of major contributors, philanthropists and foundation representatives with whom the organizations would otherwise not have had contact.
Second, we will have a program book which will include paid dedications, advertisements and corporate sponsorships. Each organization will solicit dedications in honor of a selected honoree that has served and well represents their organization. In addition, the event will include a raffle or auction, which will begin 6 months prior and culminate at the event in order that its fundraising potential is maximized and to generate excitement for the event, the organizations and their cause. Each client will receive the dividends from the tickets sold by them and from advertisements dedicated to them. Tickets sold by our office (via advertising and other methods of solicitation) and other revenue not gained by tickets will be divided equally among participants.
Naturally, this event will have overhead costs: printing invitations, tickets and program books, a hall, food, utility costs, entertainment and more. However, we will work together to recruit businesses and sponsors to defray the costs by means of in-kind donations and corporate sponsorships.
Investment required of each participant:
· To participate in the event’s central steering committee, led by our office, with 2-3 people (including 1 professional and 1-2 lay-leaders). This committee will meet and communicate on an ongoing basis in order to maximize resources and implement the work plan as efficiently as possible.
· We shall divide our fee for coordinating and running this event, equally among the co-sponsoring organizations in the form of postdated checks. We will not take a percentage of dividends from the event, for which we will do our utmost in order that it be as profitable as possible for all participating organizations.
We are very optimistic that this event will have a lasting positive benefit for all involved. If you are interested, please send me an email: dave@israelgrants.com and we’ll be in touch with you as soon as possible.
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