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Every NonProfit wants to learn how to fundraise well and this new resource from Scott Michael Ringo is just the ticket. Just being released in August is his new book “Simple Fundraising”. This book will teach you how to develop step-by-step fundraising strategies and formulas to create and maintain a stable donor base. Never before has the processes to develop continual and simple funding for a nonprofit been broken down so simple that anyone can do it. Scott brings his 12+ years in the developing successful nonprofits and 26+ years in the business arena to the forefront to present easy to understand, and simple to implement fundraising strategies.

As the founder of Ocean Grand, his hands-on approach to helping nonprofits all over the world raise the funds they need is is written so anyone can understand and implement it.  Instead of wonder where the funding  you need is, a few hours in “Simple Fundraising” will help you instantly discover and begin receiving it.

After reading “Simple Fundraising,” with basic effort any nonprofit can finally tap into the funding they need.  Every nonprofit needs this book in their library.  A simple read and you gain over a decade of experience in nonprofit fundraising.

Act now because the first 500 copies of the book that are ordered in advance as PDF books are discounted to $19.95. Once ordered and paid for you will immediately be emailed a link to download your copy.

Once the book is released to book stores and internet June 1, the price of “Simple Fundraising” will be $29.95. Get your copy now in PDF format by clicking the button below.

NonProfit Set-up

Are you interested in starting your own nonprofit? Ocean Grand can help you get your very own nonprofit set-up in about 3 weeks very affordable. Then help you to find the funding you need and run it successfully. Click this link to get all the information www.oceangrand.org/start-501c3

Corporate Design Solutions

Running and funding a nonprofit can be an easy task but much like building a house without a hammer and nails, attempting to build a successful nonprofit without the proper tools is just as crazy.  Because we are dedicated to helping nonprofits become successful, Ocean Grand gives every nonprofit the ability to obtain these important tools at up to a 60% discount. Email Ocean Grand Design Studios to get more information at www.oceangrand.net

Every NonProfit needs professionally designed and printed marketing materials to make your nonprofit a success.  Why not get those materials designed now at a substantial discount and start your marketing efforts from the beginning looking your best while attracting serious donors.We know from the hundreds of nonprofits we have helped all over the world, there is no better investment or a better price in which to get your nonprofit’s image looking its best.  Ocean Grand Design Studios is a state-of-the-art professional design studio that has designed for top names.  In addition to the 60% savings on the complete design package, Ocean Grand will give you tremendous savings on all your print needs as it is a professional print house as well. Email Ocean Grand Design Studios to get more information at www.oceangrand.net

With professionally designed and printed marketing materials it only takes one (1) serious donor to donate back in one month the investment you made in your marketing materials.

It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who They Know

It makes a huge difference in the caliber of donors your nonprofit attracts as to how your nonprofit image looks. When you ask CEOs and successful people to pass on the information about your nonprofit, you want them to have great looking material they are proud to pass on. Handing out professionally designed marketing materials can make the difference, and there is no better time or better price to get those created than with this offer. You are going to need everyone you know talking about your nonprofit, and just like any business, being able to equip others to retell your story right is key. Get a complete corporate branding solution including:

• Logo
• Business Card Design
• Letterhead Design
• Envelope Design
• Website
• Tri-fold Brochure
• Glossy Presentation Folder
• Social Media Package (Twitter and FaceBook)

Some of Ocean Grand’s other services:

Some of our products:

• Custom Photo Books (any amount of pages)
• Wedding Albums
• Graduation Announcements
• Baby Announcements
• Wedding Invitations
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• Personalized Stationary
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• Photo Packages
• Photo reprints
• Personalized Christmas Cards
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• Family Greeting Cards
• Portrait enlargement and framing
  

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• Logo
• Business Cards
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• Customized Greeting Cards
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• Brochures any fold
• Postcards with customized mailing services
• Magnets
• Banners
• Websites
• Counter cards, Business Cards, Referral Brochures
• Ongoing Flyer Creation
• Double-sided PDF Brochures for emailing
• Interactive Online Brochures
• Corporate Style Sheets
  

Anything graphic design, branding, and print media related!

Email Ocean Grand Design Studios to get more information at www.oceangrand.net

Most Popular Posts of February

February has been a big month for great posts that help nonprofits learn to fundraise, brand their image, and use social media to get their messages out. We thought a nice post to round out February would be a link to many of these articles on the same page for easy reference.  Maybe you dream to start a Nonprofit but don’t know how.  There are even links to great articles on how to start a nonprofit.  Whatever your depth of knowledge in the nonprofit arena, there are quick and timely articles for everyone below that are sure to help you increase the success of your nonprofit.  Read on and enjoy the free information, all we ask is that you pass the web site address on to at least one other nonprofit that could benefit from the information also.

Fund Raising

Every Nonprofit wants to know more about how to fund raise successfully.  The 4 articles below will guide you with step-by-step instructions on how to build stable and dependable financial support even in a challenging economic economy.  Great articles for the beginner to the expert.

• Simple and Effective NonProfit Fundraising
• A Simple Fundraising Formula
• Fundraising Ideas
• $2K in 2 Hours

NonProfit Branding and Design

Nothing increases your success in running a successful nonprofit more than its image.  A great looking image and professionally designed marketing materials helps retell a nonprofits story with class.  A professional image is one of the keys to running a successful nonprofit and the articles below can help you step through that process with ease.  Whether you are a church or other type of nonprofit, these articles can help you.

* Is Your Image the Problem?
* The Secret to NonProfit Success

Philanthropy

These are great articles to get to your donors and those interested in your nonprofit, as well as great encouragement to you if you’re involved in a nonprofit. These articles will help your donors and supporters understand the importance and best way to get involved with your nonprofit.  Hopefully we have made your job a little easier just by having your supporters read these articles.  Feel free to direct those involved in your nonprofit back to these articles.

• What Have You Done Lately That You’re Proud Of?
• 6 Steps to Making a Bigger Splash
• The Wonder of a Star
• 401K Alternative

Social Media

Never before has it been so easy to connect with ongoing relationships and build new ones with a couple clicks of the mouse.  The 5 articles below give you step-by-step instructions on how to use the internet and social media to connect better to your supporters and donors while

easily finding 1000’s more who would enjoy being involved in your nonprofit.  Read the 5 articles below and apply them, and you will be on your way to connecting your nonprofit to others in a highly visible way.

• Tweet or Not to Tweet
• Building NonProfit Relationships Equals Success
• Tweet Tweet Nonprofit
• Top 10 Reasons Nonprofits Should Blog
• 14 Advanced Twitter Tips

Start a NonProfit

Have you dreamed of starting a nonprofit but don’t know how to get started?  You might already have a nonprofit but are not seeing the success you had hoped for.  Either way, the articles below will guide you step-by-step through the process of easily starting, funding and running a successful nonprofit. Starting a nonprofit does not have to be expensive, and funding and running it does not have to be hard.  The articles below take the guess work and difficulty out of starting and running a successful nonprofit.

• Rebranding the NonProfit
• The Secret to NonProfit Success
• 3 Most Common NonProfit Hurdles
• 6 Steps to NonProfit Freedom
• NonProfit One Stop Shop
• NonProfit Job Listing
• Start a NonProfit | Medical

Types of NonProfits

There are hundreds of charitable causes that nonprofits address.  In the articles below, we explore 5 charitable causes that you may not have thought of as being a cause to start a nonprofit around.  While reading the articles you may think of friends, family or acquaintances that could enjoy the benefits of having a nonprofit directed toward one of these causes.  We would be glad to help them start, learn to fund and run a successful nonprofit directed toward one of these charitable causes.

• Actors Are People Too!
• Medical Foundation Success
• Start a NonProfit | Medical
• Family Foundations
• NonProfit Adoption
• NonProfit Memorials and Tributes

We Are Committed to NonProfits

As always, Ocean Grand is committed to helping those around the world who dream of starting a nonprofit do so with ease and efficiency.  Likewise, we are committed to those that run nonprofits to better fund and run successful nonprofits. For the last 12 years, we have helped thousands of nonprofits make their dreams a reality and in the next years we will help thousands more.  Join the Ocean Grand Network and let us help your nonprofit connect better, be better funded and see the success you have always hoped for.

If your dream is to start, fund and run a successful nonprofit and want to do it in the least expensive, most efficient and quickest way, while having the most support, get started today by visiting us on the web http://oceangrand.org/start-501c3/

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Ocean Grand has made a commitment and pledge to help 400 new nonprofits get started and support them to being a success in 2009.

Are you tired of reading about nonprofits who do great things when really you would like to start a nonprofit yourself and develop your own program?

The nonprofit rally at Ocean Grand www.oceangrand.org is exactly that, we want to help 400 new nonprofits get started in 2009. Regardless of whatever circumstances has kept you from making your nonprofit dream into a reality, Ocean Grand wants to help. Let us help you once and for all to get your dreams off the shelf and start living them.

Ocean Grand has pulled out the stops and we are committed to you to help you make your nonprofit a success in 2009. We will help you with everything you need and set up your nonprofit organization in about 3 weeks.

We will then give you all the education to run your nonprofit, grant write, develop donors, including nonprofit training videos. We want you to look back at the year 2009 as one that you decided to start a nonproft and it was one of the best decisions you made.

Here is how we can help:
* Quick and simple program to start a nonprofit
* Administration help running your nonprofit
* Fund raising How-to
* Grant writing help
* Ongoing support to help you be successful

Come and join the Ocean Grand Rally to start a nonprofit in your city and be one of the next 400 nonprofits to make a difference in the world.

We are committed to seeing you get a nonprofit set up and see success and will walk you through the process step by step.  At the end of this year you will be able to look back and be glad you know run your own successful nonprofit.

Visit the rally at www.oceangrand.org

I am writing this after spending the morning on Twitter and FaceBook.  You may not have any idea what I am talking about or know just enough to believe it is a waste of your time.  That is the whole reason we at Ocean Grand have decided to put together a series of ongoing articles around “social media” for non profits.  Read on to learn how social media is here to stay and how you can get on board to help your nonprofit become more successful.

The key to getting, keeping and engaging donors, funders, and corporations is by building a relationship with them.  There is no alternative to building relationships, the relationship comes first and always first.  There is also no alternative, not even through social media, to engage your non profit supporters in the “flesh”.  However, social media is a great platform to tell and retell your story (read more about “your story” here).  The more ways you are able to get the information and successes out to people who are interested in them the farther your reach.  Social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc) is another way to get your story and successes out to those that want to know about them, plus find some others that maybe interested in the mix.

Social media is also a way to keep donors and others up-to-date with your cause and what you’re doing to impact the world in a simple and easy way.  A couple “tweets” (tweets are short messages on twitter) a day will help all those following the progress of your non profit to know what you’re doing today to help the cause.  Likewise, it is a great way to invite people to your fundraisers, events and projects.  By using Twitter, others who get your tweets can pass the message along very easily, possibly generating lots of buzz about your upcoming function.  If those tweets are also posted automatically on your FaceBook “wall”, then you have reached two audiences that otherwise would have had no idea what you were doing.  For example, maybe you are holding a fundraiser or event in Virginia.  Several tweets throughout the day from your mobile phone and everyone around the world knows how it is going.

This morning I wrote an article on “What Have You Done Lately That You Are Proud Of?”  When I posted the article from the Ocean Grand blog http://www.oceangrand.org the post was tweeted and then also sent to our FaceBook wall.  Almost instantaneously several people joined our twitter following who were not following before.  The link to the article in the tweet was also clicked on and read by many from our twitter following.  It was a quick, easy and effective way to let those that were interested know there was a new article.

The Virtual Water Cooler

Social Media is the present day water cooler and unlike the water cooler in your office, it is an ongoing global conversation.  If you want to be more successful in the non profit world, you want your non profit activities to be a part of that conversation.  From Twitter and FaceBook conversations I have connected to other non profit organizations who were ecstatic to find out about all the free information and help we provide to non profits at Ocean Grand.  Through those same social media channels I have also made new friends and reacquainted myself with old friendships halfway around the world.

The Afternoon Coffee Break

As I’m going throughout the day I hit points where I need a pick-me-up and many times caffeine does the trick.  However, while I am getting my afternoon infusion I also check in on my FaceBook and Twitter accounts to see what is happening around the world.  Inevitably I run across a quick conversation or am able to offer some input that renews my inspiration to motivate me on to the end of the day.  It has been well documented that the human brain needs breaks throughout the day and can be much more productive once given one.  You would be surprised at all the little notes of encouragement you can get on Twitter and FaceBook that can get you through the day.

Each platform of Social Media has its own nuances and particular use, but the lines quickly become blurred once you start integrating them together.  We will show you how to get the best use out of each in further articles.  We are going to focus on FaceBook and Twitter below and give you some quick instructions on getting started.

FaceBook

The simple explanation: FaceBook is a platform where you can add “friends” old and new to your profile.  Then you can message each other back and forth, add video and share pictures.  You are able to keep tabs on your “contacts” and and they can do the same with you.  It’s a quick glance at what everyone you know around the world is doing, interested and involved in.  As a nonprofit, you can also create a “cause” page where people can join to be involved and even donate online to your nonprofit.

FaceBook Steps:

1. Sign up and create an interesting profile. Add a photo and definitely put up a “cause” page so others can join into your non profit work.
2. Use the site’s feature to search your email address book for people you know.
3. Each time a friend adds, look at their friends for others that you may know and add them as a friend.
4. Use your existing friends as a way to find more friends. Try to stay within the boundaries of people you actually know and have some type of relationship with.
5. Create a “home like” feel to the information you put on your site.  You want people to get to know you better or all over again if it has been a while.
6. There are a ton of “applications” you can use that will allow you to share books your reading, videos you like, blogs you read etc.
7. The number of “friends” you have depends upon you but the more friends you can connect to the farther your message will go out to the masses.
8. Keep in mind, as a non profit you want people to both get to know you and your non profit so try to think of ways that you can introduce what your non profit is doing.
9. Make sure you are actively getting your donors and those interested signed up and promote, promote, promote your FaceBook link so people can connect to you.
10. Focus your efforts on building relationships and letting people know what you are doing.  A few “What am I doing” updates a day goes a long way.  Likewise, reply and respond to other people’s updates.

Twitter

Twitter uses quick posts of 140 characters or less to let people know what you are doing throughout the day.  The same goes for your responses to others’ posts.  Unlike FaceBook there are not pages or places to put video and “causes” but instead you do short updates, “tweets”, throughout the day and reply to others’ tweets.  In some aspects “less is more” and keeping track of your and other people’s tweets can be managed easily by using TweetDeck http://www.tweetdeck.com.  Throughout the day  “tweet” several times and let people know what you’re up to; you will be amazed at how interested they are in the little things you do each day.  Respond to a few tweets.  You can find others to “follow” (when you follow someone you are able to see their tweets) that you may have interest in and again you will be amazed at what you learn.

Twitter Steps:

1. Sign up and create an interesting profile. Add a photo.
2. Use the site’s feature to search your email address book for people you know.
3. Find people you maybe interested in following at Twitscoop http://www.twitscoop.com/ by searching topics you’re interested in.
4. You can always find more people to follow by reading the posts of those you are already following that seem like interesting conversations.
5. The number of people you follow or allow to follow you depends upon you but the more people following you the farther your message will go out to the masses.
6. Keep in mind, as a non profit you want people to both get to know you and your non profit so try to think of ways that you can introduce what your non profit is doing without giving a sales pitch.
7. Make sure you are actively getting your donors and those interested signed up and promote, promote, promote your Twitter link so people can connect to you.
8. Focus your efforts on building relationships and letting people know what you are doing.  A few “What am I doing” updates a day goes a long way.  Likewise, reply and respond to other peoples updates.

Remember that all the information, pictures, video and updates are able to be seen by all your friends or followers so keep that in mind when you put information on the internet.

If you contact me I can help you integrate your tweets to automatically be posted to your FaceBook which keeps you from needing to update two different places.

To Tweet or Not to Tweet, That is the Question

Social Media is a great way to get your message out and also connect people across the globe to your non profit cause.  It is time well spent if you keep focused while using these media.  It is easy to get caught up in it; however, now is the time to get involved because Social Media looks like it is here to stay. This is just a brief introduction to the Social Media arena and we will cover each separately and give more detail on how to use these great platforms to your advantage other posts.  Stay tuned.  In the meantime, sign up for an account and begin getting a feel for them.

Don’t forget to add us as a friend on FaceBook and follow us on Twitter.  The links are to the right of this post and also below.

FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32978279968
Twitter:  http://twitter.com/ScottRingo

If you are an actor, actress or know an actor or actress, you need to read this article on how you can better launch your career by focusing on what many actors do once they are successful.  Read on and I will show you how you can begin to network like crazy in circles of successful actors like you never thought possible.

We have all seen the commercials and ads when a famous actor or celebrity jumps onboard with a charity or “save the world” cause.  Suddenly that actor seems more “touchable” and real.  It helps us consider what we could do to make a difference in the world and focus our attention on those that need our help.  The fact is, lots of well known actors do all types of non profit charity work and not only does it bring awareness to the cause, but helps them network with others in their field.  Many successful actors actually own non profits which promote their cause and accept donations.  Why then, if successful celebrities and actors can own their own non profit, promote great causes, take advantage of the high-end networking, and accept loads of donations, don’t up-and-coming actors take advantage of these same opportunities?  Most simply do not know how easily it is to jump-start their career and influence by doing so.  In this short post I will explain the benefits that every actor or person in the entertainment industry can leverage by owning their own non profit and shift their entertainment career into high gear.

The Power of Networking

Everyone knows that networking is powerful in any career or endeavor.  Sometimes the toughest decision is where and how to network the most effectively.  In the world of entertainment, competition is fierce and “who you know” is many times critical to getting the gig, the audition, or being cast.  Sure, once you get the part or gig then you must turn on your best social skills and network like crazy with those for the short time you are working with them.  However, what if there was an easier and more effective way to network 24 hours a day with actors, directors, producers, and support staff even when you are not on the set or even employed?  What if that networking tool could even financially support you while you were between gigs?  How exciting would it be if you also learned that the same avenue of networking could be highly satisfying in itself, and help make the world a better place?  The type of networking I am talking about can do all that plus include you in circles of influence and contacts that you never thought was possible until you were walking the red carpet.  What is this amazing tool?  Read on.

When the Director says “Cut”

Even if you were on a set or playing a gig there is work to be done and little time to network and when the director says “cut” everyone is in a hurry to get to their family, gala, fundraising dinner, etc.  Wait, what if you could be involved in those people’s lives and interests after the final scene of the day?  You can and its not hard.  What if you were off to the same galas, fundraising dinners, and nonprofit volunteering that the other stars were off to?  That is where the “real” mingling takes place.  Even if you were between acting or music gigs you could still be off to the same events.  There are two easy ways to do that and one that assures you more success than the other.  Follow along.

Scenario One

Say there was a particular actor, director, producer or casting director you knew being associated with would give you much better exposure?  With very little research you could find with which non profit causes and charities they were involved.  If they are involved with a cause then most likely others are also involved that are in your industry.  If those charities and causes are something that you are interested in then simply get involved with the cause.  Here is where you need to check your heart and integrity because if you are not sincerely interested in those same causes there is no integrity in you being involved.  Once involved, focus on helping and being involved with that non profit, they will appreciate your help.  Stay involved to help the nonprofit and you never know, you might find yourself networking with those in your industry that will give you a leg up.  See http://oceangrand.org/6-steps-to-making-a-bigger-splash/ on how to get seriously involved in helping a non profit in the right ways.

Scenario Two

Most people in non profit work associate with others in the non profit arena.  Instead of waiting until you are famous to find a cause you could help to make the world a better place, start now.  You could easily start, build stable funding, and run your own successful non profit.  I am sure you are saying “Yeah, if I had that kind of time.”  You eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, right?  Then you have time to create and manage a well funded and world-changing non profit.  Really.  Once you are finished reading this article jump over to http://oceangrand.org/6-steps-to-non-profit-freedom/ for all the information you need to, step-by-step, get a non profit successful over breakfast, lunches and dinners.

By starting your own non profit or charity you get to decide what world-changing task you are going to focus on.  You create the non profit around your passions and interests.  Then you start networking with all the other non profits in your city attending their fundraisers, benefits, and likewise them attending yours.  If you have a world-changing non profit cause and you begin to network, it does not have to be long before you are in the same room and at the same events that those you would like to network with about your career.  However, this time you are the one with whom they are wanting to be involved.  Now you have two levels in which to network with them.  You would be amazed at who you might have involved in your non profit.

No More “Starving Artist”

One of the great advantages of the second scenario is that your non profit can employ you.  Yes, say goodbye to the days of the starving artist.  Once your non profit has steady donations coming in it can employ you with a salary for the work you do on its behalf.  Not only are you building a successful non profit that can change the world, but it can provide you an income while you are between or in addition to gigs.  Now you get paid on and off the “clock.”  Meanwhile your non profit cause is networking for you 24 hours a day as those involved are telling others about the great charitable cause of yours that they are involved in.

Why Not “Arrive” Through the Back Door?

While many are trying to network, get auditions and gigs through the front door, by starting a non profit you may just find that you “arrived” through the back door.  You can change the world even before you become famous, supplement your income, and be working on your career all at the same time.  If nothing else, you can leave a legacy for your family and friends to carry on when you depart.  You may have noticed that a lot of charities are focused around the arts and could be an easy passion for you to discover.  We at Ocean Grand would enjoy helping you start, learn to fund, and run a successful nonprofit.  You never know, you might be starring in your own movie one day that documents the success of the non profit you started.

6 Steps to Non Profit Freedom

Have you ever wondered how it seems some people so easily get involved and start their nonprofit, yet others seem to struggle at making it all work?

Granted, to dream about changing the world is not for the faint at heart, yet it is not exclusive to those that seem to put organizations together easily.  Some of the most world changing organizations have been put together by people who knew nothing about starting a nonprofit or building a dream.  For many the lack of funding and expertise in setting up the organizational part is prohibitive to them making the difference they dream about.  The key is to find those that can help you accomplish some of the organizational and fund raising hurdles.  This is one of the passions we have at Ocean Grand http://www.oceangrand.org; but more on that later.  Sometimes the task of starting a nonprofit and finding a simple way to get supporters and donors is daunting and seeing a graphical chart of how easy this can be can help one get their “head around” the solution.  The three most common challenges for most starting a nonprofit is setting up the organization, finding and building fund raising support, and handling the ongoing administration of their organization. Those three hurdles are the easy part and if you need help in those areas simply contact us and we can get you on the fast track.

Many know within themselves that they were made to make a bigger difference in the world than they are currently making.  So how does one find the answer to what their “world changing” purpose is?  Read on and I will help you break it down into easy steps and a chart that, in no time,  will have you focused on discovering your “life passion.”

Step 1- Discover Your Passion

If you are thinking about starting a nonprofit, then this step might be very easy as you know what you want to do to make the world a better place.  However, if you simply know you are supposed to do more with your life, then this step will help you discover what it is you may want to do.  To help you discover what your nonprofit dream might be you can ask yourself these questions.

1. If unrestricted by time, money, resources, or skills and you could do anything, help anyone, and make the world a better place, what would you do and how would you do it?
2. What are the 50 things in life you most enjoy doing?
3. What are the things that come naturally that you do to help people?
4. What do you love doing for hours at a time that the time flies when your doing it?

Step 2- Discover The Need

Now that you have an idea of what passions and causes drive you, you need to figure out how you would like to help those causes.  Begin by thinking about what would completely irradicate the need, hurt, or situation that you want to help cure.  Come up with a solution that, if it was put into place, in time there would be no need for your nonprofit to exist anymore.  Now you have a mission.  Write it down and let’s get you started changing the world.

Step 3- Start A NonProfit

It is entirely possible to do the charitable work you want to do with no nonprofit organization in place.  However, it will be difficult to get ongoing donors and supporters without being able to give them a tax deduction for their donations.  As well, other nonprofits and grantmaking organizations will not be able to give you funds if you’re not a nonprofit.  There are a couple ways that you can start a nonprofit; you can either start a nonprofit that has fiscal sponsorship or start an independent 501c3.  See the article http://oceangrand.org/start-a-nonprofit-fiscal-sponsorship/ for more information on the two types.

Step 4- Develop Your Funding

Now that you have your shiny new nonprofit you need to find some funding so that you can do the work you’re devoted to doing.  There is a multitude of different ways to find funding through donors and grant writing.  It does not have to be hard but there are some simple ways to go about doing it and some difficult ones.  If you check out the article http://oceangrand.org/a-simple-fundraising-formula/ and follow that step by step you will be on your way to getting the funds you need to do the nonprofit work you love.

Step 5- Develop 2nd Tier Funding

If you follow the simple steps in http://oceangrand.org/a-simple-fundraising-formula/ you will now have a great operating base of funding in which to pay salaries, buy supplies and start doing the nonprofit programs.  Now you will want to split your time doing fund raising between continuing to develop stable funding and looking for grants and much larger portions of funding.  I suggest 80% on stable fund raising and 20% on grant writing.  We can direct you to resources that will help you learn to grant write and develop larger donors when that time comes.

Step 6- Start Your Non Profit Projects

Now that you have methodically walked through the step above your nonprofit should have good and ongoing funding, volunteers and organizational structure in place.  Now it is time to get busy helping those that you have a passion to help.  You’re starting to live your nonprofit dreams!  It may take you 6 months or even a year to get to this point but you never get here unless you start walking through the steps.  This web site http://www.oceangrand.org is an excellent resource that will keep giving you ideas and motivation to make your nonprofit a success.  There are a ton more and we will help you tap into those.  However, by this point you’re doing it!

You Will Be Living Your Non Profit Dreams

Don’t forget your humble beginnings and the simple elementary steps that got you to this point.  You will never want to stop developing funding and donors, as they are the lifeblood that makes it possible for your nonprofit to function.  It’s not hard to start and live the nonprofit dream. It is work, and there are elementary things that you need to do to bring it to reality.  Just keep doing the steps and your nonprofit will thrive.

Let us know how we can best help and support you in making your dream a reality.  Welcome aboard and live with passion!

You realize you need some quick capital for your nonprofit to get your marketing looking professional and polished.

In this quick post, I am going to explain how you can gain some quick nonprofit funding that you can then spend on your image and in turn get started on the “Simple Fundraising” strategy.  There are only a few quick steps to it, read on.

Nonprofit fund raising does not have to be daunting as we learned in “A Simple Formula”. It is simply about telling your story in a quick effective way and then duplicating yourself and that story so that more and more people know your nonprofit exists.  One of the most important elements in retelling your story is to be able to equip others to retell the story once they know it.  However excited you may be about following this simple formula, you are faced with the lack of capital to get your image and story in a form so others can retell it correctly.  We are going to fix that in just a few concentrated hours.

Your First Capital Campaign

The secret to this quick and effective fund raising strategy is that you are not going to be looking for large financial contributions.  Instead, you’re looking for a few smaller contributions, the kind people will easily help you with and not be a challenge for them to donate to you.  Remember, don’t make starting a non profit or fund raising hard. Instead, start simple and make it easy.  Relax, it will all come together, just work the steps.

Step 1- Develop Your Story

You need to develop the “story” of your nonprofit which is: why, how, when, and who you are going to help.  As the founder, you can develop this story the easiest because you have a passion for something to do to help people or things.  For an example, see the “About” tab on the Start a NonProfit | Ocean Grand site.  Your story (product) should be compelling and give a brief background of how the passion for this nonprofit was birthed.  In addition, it should include why the nonprofit was started, who or what the nonprofit is going to help, and how you’re going to help.

For your First Capital Campaign you only need a concise 3 minute version, (“A Simple Formula” gives more specifics). This version is going to briefly tell about the new nonprofit you just started, why you started it, who you are going to help and why.  Hone it down and practice it on a spouse or a friend several times and make sure it “flows” and compels people to want to be a part.

Step 2- Two Hours and $2K

Come up with a list of 20 to 30 of the most generous and willing to help a cause friends you know.  Everyone knows at least that many people whether it is friends, family, co-workers.  Remember to focus first on those that are most likely to help a good cause.  It is also important to remember, you are not asking them for yourself, you are asking them on behalf of an organization that is going to make a huge difference in the community.

Schedule two uninterrupted hours that you can make phone calls in a quite place.  If your using a cell phone, make sure it is a place that has good reception.  There is a brief idea for a script below, but take the wording and make it your own- like you would say it.  Don’t fret, you simply have to go through the script (practice it so it does not sound like you are reading it).  Then ask a quick question at the end and your off the phone.

Script

Here is the script:
You: Hi [person's name].  I was wondering if you had three minutes I could bother you and ask for you input?

{person says yes}
You: I will make it brief and appreciate you taking the time to listen.
or
{person says no}:
You: Ask them when you might call them back that they would have a couple minutes.

You: Tell your three minute story.

You: [Person's name] I am making a few phone calls to those people I believe I can count on that could donate $100  in the next couple days so that we can get our story printed on a brochure and website started.  We have some fund raising scheduled to start in the next couple weeks and need to know we be able to put our best image forward to help [whatever your helping].  $100 is all I need from you and I appreciate our [friendship, relationship, etc] and that I can feel comfortable calling you and asking for your help.  Could I count on you for this help?

{person} yes, how do I get the funds to you?
You: Thank you, I really appreciate it [tell them the name to make the check out to and how to get it to you, you might want to pick it up].
or
{person says no}
You: Hey, [persons name] thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule, can I count on you to help in the future when your able? [wait for response] Again thanks for the time, have a great day, I will keep you updated on our program.

Step 3- That’s it

You simply need to call 20 to 30 people and give them a quick 3 minute phone call asking for some quick help.  Find twenty people that will help, spend 3 minutes on the phone, and you will have your $2k.  Granted, some may not be able to help but now they know your story and you move onto the next person.  Don’t make the phone call complicated or long.  A concentrated 2 hours plus the time you take to develop your story and it is not hard to see you could have your funds.  Make sure you put the funds into polishing your image with a design company that can make that image stand out.

Read “A Simple Formula” to begin getting the next phases of your fund raising efforts underway.

Best of fund raising!  Let us know if we can help.

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Ocean Grand can also help an organization incorporate independently through the IRS quicker and more efficiently than most other ways. Ocean Grand can arrange to have an organization’s Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Tax Exempt application completed and directlhy submitted to the IRS, making the whole process painless. Many times paperwork like this through an attorney or incorporation service can cost several thousand dollars. Ocean Grand’s founder Scott Michael Ringo commented, We want to help remove the challenges a nonprofit organization faces when just starting out. Many people have great ideas and hearts for nonprofit work but the challenges of getting the organization in place and learning to find funding keeps many of them from going forward. We enjoy seeing nonprofits become successful right out of the gate.

Many good and successful nonprofits are made and supported adding one donor at a time.  While large grants and huge checks may be nice, one of the most important and productive activities can be building and maintaining a stable donor base.  Large grants and huge checks don’t grow on trees, instead many times they take a large investment of time and resources to obtain.  For many nonprofits, grants are few and far between.

Instead of “gold mining” for the big money, a smarter and more stable approach can be just as satisfying.  Many times smaller and simpler approaches to finding a stable funding base can be just what the nonprofit needs.  With a stable base established, looking for larger supplemental grants and donors can add the “gravy” and be much less stressful.  Let us explain.

Relationship Building

One of the most important activities and disciplines a nonprofit can concentrate on is finding good, reliable, and consistent donors.  Donors that do not necessarily give the big checks but that believe in the nonprofit and will supply ongoing support are vital.  These are the backbone of a stable income stream for a nonprofit.  These are the donors and supporters that will carry the nonprofit even through the lean times.  Once they are convinced that they should be a part of your story, they are there like clock work providing good moral and financial support.  Many times, these supporters also become the best “evangelists” for the nonprofit bringing their friends, business partners, and even companies they work for into the nonprofit support system.  Cultivating these types of supporters and donors are never a waste of time.  Many of these can also be counted on to be a volunteer task force when doing special events, fund raising drives, and the nonprofit’s activities.  These supporters do require ongoing personal relationship building activities.

How to build donor relationships

Building a strong donor support infrastructure like described above takes a different approach than looking for grants.  These ongoing supporters need to feel and touch your nonprofit organization.  They want and need to “feel the love.”  You cultivate this type of supporter by smaller, more frequent and intimate events and activities.  Some ideas for these types of events can be found at the post “Fundraising Ideas.” Keep these types of donors well informed, involved and reach out and touch them every chance you get.  By involving them in the larger story of your nonprofit they will become loyal supporters which will provide a strong operating base of support for your organization.  It is entirely possible to fund a very successful nonprofit off a group of this type of supporter, with them as a part, you will feel much more connected and have a group that believes and lives your vision.  Whether you desire to start a nonprofit or already have one working, enable your nonprofit to be more stable in its funding with a strong financial backbone.

Nonprofits work if you work them; if you don’t then they die.  Nonprofits rely on funders to fund their efforts and if you don’t get your message out, then no one knows about it.  We are going to show you how, as a nonprofit, you can put a very simple, effective, and stable fund raising formula in place.  This formula works for the brand new or mature nonprofit, so read on and get the basics in place.  If you know or can get to know 10 people and work the formula, you should see fund raising success.  If you follow the 6 basic steps below you can raise stable funds for your nonprofit.

Fund raising for a nonprofit is the life blood of whether your nonprofit is a success or a continual struggle.  Many who start nonprofits forget that a nonprofit finds success in many of the same ways a company for profit does.  The difference between the two is the product.  A company for profit produces a product, markets the product and consumers buy the product.  A nonprofit also has product; it just looks a little different.  The most successful product a nonprofit has is its story.  Hopefully, the work and help a nonprofit does produces a great story.  If a nonprofit is not producing a great story- its product, that is the first thing that needs to be reworked until it has a great story that people can relate to.

As an employee or owner of a nonprofit, you just became the world’s best storyteller.  Whether you are the executive director, the administrative assistant or a volunteer your main job is to be the best story teller you can be.  Remember, if your nonprofit does not have a story you don’t have a product.  Your product is your story.

1st Step- Develop Your Story

When you first start a nonprofit, before you even do your first project, your story is why, how, when, and who you are going to help.  We will get to the project stories in further steps, but this first story is important.  The founder can develop this story the easiest because they have a passion for something they wanted to do to help people or things.  For an example, see the “About” tab on the Start a NonProfit | Ocean Grand site.  Your story (product) should be compelling and give a brief background of how the passion for this nonprofit was birthed.  In addition, it should include why the nonprofit was started, who or what the nonprofit is going to help, and how you’re going to help.

Once the story is developed, it should be able to be told in different lengths.  You should have an “elevator” version (one that could be told in 15 to 30 seconds), a longer 3 minute version that has more detail, and a 5 to 8 minute version.  These versions should accommodate you to tell your story in a variety of situations from meeting someone for the first time to the last version that you could tell in front of a group of people at a dinner or luncheon.

Now that you have your story (product), everyone in your organization, including volunteers, should be able to recite the versions of your story exactly.  You may want to practice this in front of each other.  When a new volunteer signs on their first volunteer action should be to learn your stories.

2nd Step- Get Your Story on Paper

Now that your story is developed, it is imperative that you get it on paper in a way that anyone could understand and would be compelled to get involved because of it.  There is NO substitute for a great looking brochure and business card.  If your organization is going to be successful you must put the energy and funds into great looking marketing and storytelling materials.  These materials are not the ones you create and print on your home computer.  If you run your nonprofit like a home hobby it will be just that, a hobby and never more than that.

There are millions of nonprofits, and people want to be involved with a nonprofit that is going some place.  Just like buying stocks, they want to know that if they invest time and money into a nonprofit, that nonprofit will actually succeed and their money and time was invested well.  The key to finding the initial donors and volunteers is to look and act like you are already successful and great looking marketing materials say that you believe enough in your nonprofit to invest money in its image.  This way it has already achieved a level of success, its story and great looking image, that many nonprofits do not achieve until months or years down the road.

Not only is image important, but a great brochure, web site and business card retells the story just like you want it to be told.  Remember your story is your product so you need a “sales flyer” and something you can equip people with to retell the story.  You want the story you have worked on so hard to be retold exactly right.  Now that you are equipped with a great story, others that can retell the story, and a successful looking image, you simply want to duplicate that thousands of times. We will tell you how in the next steps.

Step 3- Duplicate Yourself and Your Story

Fund raising by yourself can be a daunting and laborious task.  However, in a short amount of time (weeks), thousands can be telling, retelling and promoting your story.  Now that you have a story and marketing materials that support the story, your job in fund raising becomes very easy.  You now simply and easily need to duplicate yourself over and over.  Don’t get overwhelmed now, this is the easy part and the piece of the puzzle that is going to make all the difference for your nonprofit’s fund raising and financial stability.  Most of the work is already done by constantly training and telling the story to those that work and volunteer with you to retell the story.  Now the fun part…

1. Start with finding 3 people per day that you can tell your story to in person.  Tell friends, co-workers, people at your work, at your child’s soccer game or even a stranger your “elevator” version.  If they seem interested expand by going into your 3 minute version.  Give every person you tell your story to 10 brochures and business cards and ask them if they would promise to give them to 10 people they know that they think would be interested in what your doing.  Once you can easily accomplish 3 per day, advance to telling 5 people and eventually get to 10.  Even three per day equips 21 people to retell the story to 210 people.  With this method alone your story can be retold to 1,000 people in just 5 weeks.  Make a decision that you are going to continue doing this for the rest of the time your nonprofit is in existence.
2. Decide on a date two weeks from the time you start telling your story for a dinner at your house or someone’s house that would host your event.  You’re going to cook a meal for 10 to 15 people.  This could be as easy and as inexpensive as a spaghetti dinner (3 boxes of spaghetti, sauce, 2 loaves of garlic bread, and salad for 10 -15 will run you less than $20).  As you tell 3-5 people today your story, if they seem at all interested in hearing more choose those people and invite them to your house on the date you have chosen for your dinner.  In addition to inviting those people, find and talk with 12 of the most influential people that you know or that those you are acquainted with and invite them by phone or in person to the same dinner.  Follow those invitations up with handwritten invitations on your nonprofit’s stationary.  Keep inviting until you get 15-20 definite confirmations.  If you see that you are getting more than 15-20 confirmation set another dinner date two more weeks out and start filling that one up, don’t over crowd the house.  You will also want to have a limited amount of guests because you want to be able to build relationships with them before and after dinner.

The Dinner:
Plan to have too much food and be able to give your guests all the food and helpings they want.  You might think about wine if it is appropriate.  Make sure you prepare a meal (spaghetti or Lasagna is perfect) so that you can have it mostly prepared in advance of your guests arriving, and just simmering or cooling on the stove.  You need to greet your guests and spend the time before dinner building relationships with them.  A couple of volunteers in the kitchen would be a big help, however, with good timing and an easy meal you can pull it off by yourself.  Spend 10-15 minutes, depending on if you have wine or drinks, talking before the meal and letting people get to know each other.  Invite everyone into dinner and be your wonderful self.  You can be sure that someone will ask you all about your new nonprofit.  Don’t worry about explaining your nonprofit at dinner, instead have fun, the work comes later.

After dinner, retire everyone into the living room or the place you choose, with coffee, tea and dessert.  Now is your time to shine!  This is the time you present everyone with your longer in depth version of what your doing.  Don’t bore them; keep it within 10 minutes.  Make sure you “lightly” include your needs and desire for them to be a part.  You want to personally hand each person 10 brochures and 10 business cards and get their promise to give them to 10 people they know that they think would be interested in what you’re doing.  End the evening light and let people linger as long as they would like.  Have a sign-in sheet so people can add their name and contact info, including email address, consenting to allow you to keep them updated.  Add that they are invited to an “event” (see below) and you are currently taking donations and sponsorships for that event if they, or their company. are interested.

Follow-Up:
The following day write a handwritten and hand-addressed thank you on your professionally designed and printed nonprofit thank you cards.  Tell them how much you appreciated their attendance, meeting them and anything you can think of that would add a personal touch to the thank you.

In a week contact each of the people that were at the dinner and ask them if they have had success handing out your brochures and if they would mind you contacting each of the people they gave brochures to to invite them to an event your having in a couple weeks.  If they oblige, contact these people, tell them that you were given their name by the person who gave you their name and wanted to see if they could attend an event.

Consider inviting interested people to:

• A chat over coffee
• A talk over dessert
• A long lunch meeting
• an afternoon of cards
• drinks after work

Sidenote:
You are going to plan an event 3 weeks from the time you start your first dinner that will be on a much larger scale than this dinner.  This event will be for all those you have already had at a dinner, those of who you talk to (at least 3 everyday) that are somewhat interested, etc, etc.  You are targeting around 100 people to be at this event.  You are going to need to find a restaurant that will donate you the space, a church fellowship hall, Lion’s Club, etc. to hold the event in, preferably with a kitchen.  We will cover this event in more detail below under “Your First Big Event”.

If you can only “pull off” one of these dinners that is fine, you will be able to find enough people for your large event through your daily storytelling.  However, if you can fit (and afford) two or three of these dinners before your first large event, by all means do it.

Step 4- Your First Big Event

You should be having some success by now and quite a few people should be very interested in donating money and volunteering.  If you’re not seeing success then either you did not follow this formula or you need to give the storytelling a little extra time. Are you doing your daily storytelling and your dinner exactly like above?  If you got busy and attacked your fund raising, storytelling and image branding as described above you have only been hard at work for a couple weeks.  Just start again from #1 and follow this to the letter then see where you’re at in another week.  Don’t worry if your not getting donations yet, you are looking for people who are interested in being a part of your story.  Interest is what we are after at this point, not money.

The Event:
There are a couple different ways you can plan and afford this event.  A donated space and a simple menu is the easiest.  However, if you have some donors that are willing to pitch in financially, a donated space in a restaurant and greatly reduced price on a group event for the food is always a great option.  If you know some restaurant owners who like and want to be a part of your nonprofit they might let you just pay for food at their cost or even donate the space and the food.  If you have these relationships, it never hurts to ask and they can write the whole thing off on their taxes.  Don’t forget you can always pitch the tax write off for items that people donate.

Whether your event is elaborate or simple it will accomplish the same purpose so don’t feel bad about going the simple route.  Simple keeps your time freed up to do more small dinners, tell your story to more people during the weeks preceding it, etc.  I am going to give you some additional ideas below that might enhance your event but it will also complicate your evening so when in doubt keep it simple.

Just like the small intimate dinners in the home, your larger event has some very simple goals.  We want people to see that there are a lot of people interested in your nonprofit.  People like to be involved where others are involved.  We want you to have a chance to meet and build relationships with as many people that evening as you can.  You want to have an opportunity towards the end to present your longer version of the story.  Lastly, we want everyone there to leave with at least 10 brochures and 10 business cards promising to hand them out to 10 of their friends that they think might be interested in what your nonprofit is doing.

There is one big difference in what you’re going to be doing during dinner at this event.  Eat ahead of time because you are going to continue to mingle for short two to three minute “stops” at each table, meeting and building relationships with people as they eat.  You’re the host and they are the guests of honor, you want to meet every single one of them.  You don’t have to give your “elevator” version to each table but instead ask them about themseves, the evening, what they do, etc.  Just be personable and thank them for coming.

That is the larger event.  Build relationships, tell your “elevator” version to as many people as you can that ask, give them the long version of your story at the end, ask them to be a part, then get their commitment to hand out their 10 brochures.

Your brochure and business card will have the information on how people contribute financially and especially at this event you need to mention that.

A Couple Of Things You Want To Make Sure Is At Your Larger Event:

1. Have a sign-in sheet so people can add their name and contact info, including email address, consenting to allow you to keep them updated
2. Have plenty of food- you do not want to run out or be skimpy
3. A powerpoint running about your nonprofit at the front of the room during dinner is a plus
4. A list of conversation starter questions for you to use as you visit before and during dinner
5. A way to take credit card donations and write tax deductible receipts for checks and cash
6. Plenty of brochures and business cards
7. Name tags for everyone to fill out and wear

Things you might want to consider:
1. You could have a silent auction of things donated by businesses in the community
2. If you know a celebrity who is on board with your nonprofit vision, invite them and give them 10 minutes to encourage others to get involved.

More ideas are at the post “Fund raising Ideas” on the Ocean Grand blog.

Sidenote:
If everyone gives out their 10 brochures from this event, well over 1,000 people will know and possibly be involved with your nonprofit inside just 3 to 4 weeks.  That is the best case scenario, so lets say it takes you 6-8 weeks to get all the above accomplished.  One thousand people involved in a nonprofit inside of two months is phenomenal and as you can see very easy.

Step 5- Follow Up and Follow Up

There is no substitute for follow-up and now you have hundreds or even a thousand or more that are now great prospects to be continued donors.  If each of those gave you $20 that is $20K, but experience confirms that there will be some within that group that will give much more.  Make sure you are still telling your story to everyone you meet and especially the 3 or more new people a day that you have committed to for the year.  Then the rest of your day follow up with each of those that attended your large event and get the names and contacts they gave their brochures to; don’t forget to follow through on them.  If you run across potential big donors or those whose companies can become major donors, schedule lunches, dinners or meetings with them.  It is worth the cost of lunch or dinner to gain a committed larger donor.

You will most certainly want to schedule some more dinners at your house and larger events to get face to face with those you talk with and those you’re introduced to that have interest.  From your personal storytelling you will have a potential 21 or more people that will need to get some food in their stomachs and hear your longer version story.  Just because you’re having success with fund raising, don’t forget or abandon your simple beginnings and what worked to get you there.  Keep doing the daily storytelling, small dinners, and larger events until you get a huge donor base of committed supporters.

Step 6- 3 to 6 Months or Even a Year

Now that you’re into your third month, you may have thousands of donors and you’re wondering why I have not mentioned when to actually start doing the work that your nonprofit was established for.  There will always be time to do your program.  You don’t even need to worry about grantwriting at this point, what you do need to be concerned with is continuing to establish a great financial base in which to do the work on a continual base when you start doing it.  See, once you start doing program activities, you are going to have to split your time between your program activities and fund raising activities.  The more focused time you spend getting a good financial base established, the better the chance that you can do your nonprofit work full-time because you can pay yourself a salary.

I suggest that any nonprofit that is serious about doing sustained projects and work to concentrate the first 3 months to a year on building up a stable base of individual and corporate supporters.  Then with a good base you can be assured that you have ongoing financial support, to grant write, and run your program while continuing to gain even more individual and corporate supporters.

Step 7-  Duplicate and Continue Telling Your Story

After you have completed the above programs you have become quite a storyteller and it should roll off your tongue with eloquence. You need to continue to train and equip anyone else that is interested in your nonprofit to be able to tell your story as well as you.  Successful fund raising for your nonprofit does not need to be any harder than this.  Starting with one person who can tell tell the story of your nonprofit and recruiting and training hundreds or even thousands that can tell your story will assure your story gets to those that will support you.

Step 8- Continued Story Development

Once your nonprofit starts having success in the charitable activities you have chosen to pursue, your story can be updated to include some success stories of your accomplishments.  The main story stays the same and now you can add some short, “Here is an example of what we did.”  These are especially good in the longer versions of your story.  Simply update the versions of your story and continue telling them while equipping others to tell the story.  Once there are successful stories, you may find updating your brochures and media to reflect these stories is a good investment.

Step 9- Grant Writing

The final piece of fund raising that I am going to briefly cover in this chapter is grant writing.  More about grant writing and how to grant write is covered in the Grant writing chapters and posts.  Grant writing can supplement the financial ability of your nonprofit.  Notice I wrote “supplement.”  Grants can be far and few between and getting ongoing grants can be very time consuming and unpredictable.  That is why I have spent so much time on developing a story to establish a strong donor base of individuals and corporations.  Grants are the “gravy” where individual donors and corporations are the “meat and potatoes.”  Nothing, other than independent wealth, is a substitution for a strong donor base of these individuals.  It is more likely and possible to run a well funded nonprofit with a strong donor base than hoping to fund it on grants.  Once your donor base is well established, learning to grant write in a simple and direct way to funding organizations that are committed to your cause is a great way to expand and grow your nonprofit, but not at the cost of losing a strong and ongoing donor base.

Seeking and using grants has benefits but they also require intense tracking of the funds and reporting to the grant maker.  Grants are not funds that can be counted on and should not be looked at as an ongoing source of income.  Instead, in sports terms they should be viewed as a “hole in one.”  You might get one now and again but your funding efforts should concentrate on your individual and corporate donor base.

When you have a well established donor base then learning to grant write could be worth your time.  Let us show you a simple and easy way to learn the process, find the donors and supplement your nonprofits  fund raising efforts.

Conclusion

Nonprofits work if you work them; if you don’t then they die.  Nonprofit rely on others to fund your efforts and if you don’t get your message out there, then no one knows about it.

If you are not seeing the success in your nonprofit that you dreamed of.  Let us help.  Get in contact with us and let’s see what we can do to get you on the road to finding the funds and success that you need so your nonprofit can help the people you have a passion for.