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How do I raise funds for a non-profit organization?

I started a non-profit youth empowerment organization with an emphasis on capacity building and connecting our members to micro-financing institutions in Zambia. I have been running my organization using profits from my pharmacy retail business but due to the covid19 profits from my other business have reduced and I am desperate to find means and ways of helping my community as we have families surviving by having one not so descent meal a day. Looking forward to hearing from you.

James Phiri jamesphiri.df@gmail.com

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Hi James. There are a number of ways to raise funds for a mission oriented non-profit such as yours. The key is to identify people who share the same passion as yours. Crowdsourcing through GoFundMe is an option. Conducting virtual fundraising events is another.

Jeff

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I believe you know exactly how to raise funds you simply needed some support to help guide your efforts.

Non profits write proposal and pitch to aligned funders within the funders window. Secondly the run campaigns

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Good day James, you need to first position your organisation to make it funding ready. 1. You need to have it registered and have its governance in place such as Board/trustees as funders need that assurance that their funds will be taken care of by a team than individual. 2. Have a proposal/business plan that will outline VVMG, Vision, Values, Mission and Goals together with Financials. Proposal must not be one size fits all as the funders you propose may have different mission when it comes to where and how they fund, Show how you will support or provide service to the members/beneficiaries. 3. Identify organisations that have interest in your kind of business and who can also derive value from your members as it seems you are a member based organisation. Show how the sponsorship or donation can add value to the company. 4. Show the funders your own contribution be it monthly or yearly no matter how little.

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Hey James for a non -profitable organization to grow big andeal become the best u have to be a good humanitarian,create a page where u will be posting ur good deeds on how u are helping those people,run some charitable funds .build a trust and honasty with people who wil be following ur page seeing ur good deeds u are going to see how some funds will be coming for aslong as u are doing for the people of ur community Thank you Those are my thoughts

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