Finding that lost luggage- unpacking new
tools and creativity in funding approaches.
Lacey Berumen, Phdc, MNM
What is in your suitcase?
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Grants- Public or Private
Donors
Service Fees
Membership
General Fundraising – Walk or Runs
Is there room for more or are you at you
weight limit?
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Do You have a donor base?
Do you have a grant writer/reviewer?
Can you partner for services?
Can you be a fiduciary agent for others?
Do you have a audience to tell your story to?
What do you have the capacity to manage
and do an awesome job with?
• If you had X you could do Y
Thinking outside of the box
• One of the most useful of all thinking modes
in creative problem solving is visual thinking.
It is especially effective in solving problems
where shapes, forms, or patterns are
concerned
Thinking outside of the box
Mind Mapping
• A mind map is a diagram used to visually organize
ideas. A mind map should be based on one
concept, drawn as an image in the center of a
blank page, to which associated representations
of ideas are added. The major ideas are
connected directly to the central idea, and other
concepts branch out from those.
Create your map
Translate your idea to funders
• Get their attention
• What are we going to do with our proposed
project ?
• Why is it worth doing?
• How will we know that the conclusions are
valid? What difference will it make?
Telling your story
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Introduction
What happened?
What helped?
How are you different today?
Make your point
Make your ask
Thank you
How to build your story
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Make it clear, compelling and memorable
Speak clearly
Tell it from the heart
Is anything helping? What how will this
increase with funding?
• Keep the interest/engagement
• Don’t data them to death
• Be true to your story
Why use a story?
• Stories are real and are statistics with tears
removed
• Can be colorful illustrations of facts and
situations
• People can relate to stories
• Briefly outlines a problem and offers
solutions…. Connects to grant request
Fund it
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Colorado Common Grant Application.
Outline
Grant Samples
Letters of intent
Funders are people too
Resources
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What is in your state?
Professional organizations
Professional relationships
Networking
Craigslist
Others
Discussion
• Questions
• Ideas
• Etc.