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Non-profits are literally in the constant fundraising state. I think it's not the optimal model, because it keeps you distracted from the main work that you sho
by vmatsiiako 4y ago
Non-profits are literally in the constant fundraising state. I think it's not the optimal model, because it keeps you distracted from the main work that you should be doing.
- themitigating 4y agoHow would a not for profit work without funding?
- m1sta_ 4y agoit would leverage wealth.
- charcircuit 4y agoLook at stuff like TeamTrees. People buy a service which they think is positive to the world.
- xmprt 4y agoHow do you think TeamTrees raises funds?
- charcircuit 4y agoThey didn't have to raise funds. The creation of the project was subsidized by existing businesses and it offers a service that lets people have trees get planted.
- code_runner 4y agoThey hire people who specialize in fundraising and people who specialize in reaching whatever community they support. It’s not the same people and the fundraising teams are fairly slim
- ghaff 4y agoIt depends I guess. Yes, a lot or organizations will have a position like head of development (or a development office at scale) i.e. fundraising, but a lot of people who are ostensibly about the organization's mission--the artistic director of a theater company, the president of a university, the executive director of an organization with conservation properties, etc.--absolutely have fundraising as a key metric of their success.
- rcarr 4y agoThere is no other model. For profits are exactly the same they just call it sales and marketing rather than fundraising.