Hello all! For any of you that are a part of a non-profit wildlife/conservation based organization - I was hoping you could provide me with just a bit of very helpful feedback.
I am working on coming up with a few different strategies to assist smaller non-profits in achieving the most possible funding and donations - whether through tourist donations/visitor donations/public engagement activities/other donations etc (dependent on the ways in which the non-profit generates funds). If you are involved in such, would you mind sharing with me your thoughts on the following questions?: 1. On a scale of 1 - 5 (1 being "not important" and 5 being "very important") how important are donations to achieving the conservation goals of your non-profit? 2. What is perhaps the most challenging part of generating funds/donations that you have had during your experience (from the public and/or other donors)? 3. Would you find it beneficial for a credible outside source - at no cost to you - to assess the effectivity of the current procedures/outreach/activities used by your non-profit in gaining donations? And then for that source to follow up with recommendations on possible ways to better your strategies for gaining funds? (based on research of your current procedures used) 4. What do you wish you knew more about or could do better to possibly get more funding? 5. Do you feel that the public would provide you with more donations/fundings if they knew more clearly what your non-profit is about? 6. Do you feel that you have the time and/or resources needed to look more thoroughly into the effectiveness of how your current outreach methods are gaining you the most donations possible? Thank you so much for taking the time to respond - I greatly appreciate your input! If you currently have your own non-profit and find interest in what I am asking - please send a separate email to this same address (mille...@mail.chapman.edu). I would love to hear from you. Make sure to check out my website - whyshouldyoucare.org - and have an amazing day!! Thank you, Brittnei Miller whyshouldyoucare.org
