asha west coast conference labor day weekend 2008 seattle, wa

Asha West Coast Conference

Labor Day Weekend 2008

Seattle, WA

Team 2008-10 Vision

To expand our fundraising capabilities in alignment to AfE core values.

Team 2008-10 Mission

We will do this…with your support! Read on…

Firstly…

Fundraising is a tough job!

How?

Partner with other NGOs/NPOs/Social

Organizations Partner with the Media Partner with Small Business Enterprises Partner with Corporate Organizations

Build an Unbeatable Network!

How? (Contd.)

Think Sustainable Think Corporate Social Responsibility Think Long Term Big Picture Think Outside the Box Think Grassroots

Everyone wants to help make a difference in today’s world…

Some of our Direct Supporters so Far…

Make My Trip Citibank Bharat Matrimony Net IP Local Regional and Cultural Organizations Small businesses such as Travel Agents,

Restaurants, Realtors, Cinemas etc. Private Donors

Not to forget our Matching Donors…

The Grants Story…

Enjoyed success with quite a number of grants to

date but can do better Efforts ongoing at Chapter level, unknown till

Grant has been won and publicized Several potential Grants for Education specific

projects passing by due to Volunteer band-

width/leadership issues Follow up with Grant partner for repeat funding is

insignificant currently

Corporations donate through:

A company-sponsored foundation, A corporate giving program, Or both

Foundation vs. giving programs? Company-sponsored foundations report to

the IRS annually by means of Form 990-PF. Corporate giving programs, need no

disclosure. Corporate giving programs are often

managed by a company's community or

public relations departments.

What's ours to lose …

Estimated foundation giving for children and youth

Distribution of Corporate grants nationally

Geographical sources of $

Top 10 Foundations that gave Grants in 2000

Statistics & References

Source: Children & Youth Funding Update,

The Foundation Center, 2002. Based on a sample of 1,015 larger

foundations giving out ~ 120,000 grants of $10,000 or more

The Good News…

Asha wide Grants team being set up to :

a. Consolidate Grant writing efforts

b. Build expertise that could be leveraged Individual chapters can pursue independently too High budget and/or Long term projects to be

prioritized for Grant endorsements Valuable experience available at Chapter level

and Asha wide level to make a huge difference

Potential Grants this year…

Going back to our Previous Grant givers e.g.:

Yahoo, E-Bay etc. Cargill Bernard Van Leer William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Intel & IBM (matching volunteer hours)

The Hard Talk…

Our biggest challenge for Publicity and Fundraising often times lies within our organization…and so…

How you can Help

Work with us to rope in Partner Organizations

including Corporates and Media Give us authorization to use General Admin

Funds towards Publicity year round (WAH, Notes

of Hope, Team Asha etc.) Everyone of us is a PR rep so let us use that skill

better (Blog about Asha, Have a cool email

signature, talk about it with Friends)

We want to hear from you:

Alivia Chakraborty (Ashawide Publicity Director)

pr@ashanet.org

503-707-2244

Preeti Parthasarathy (Ashawide Fundraising Director)

fundraising@ashanet.org

626-241-3867

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