Fundraising Basics: 10 - Non Fundraising Fundraising

Non fundraising fundraising
Traditional fundraising - asking for money with no expectation of return - is not the only way to get funding for NGOs or charities.

We should also consider social enterprises, selling their services, contracting etc.

Basically, it is possible to do good in a way that is not entirely through getting donations.

This is not a new concept, but is a big growth area.

Turning Point in the UK have a turnover of over £60m, less than 1% of which is from traditional fundraising.

The Smith Family in Australia has another great example - check out their Enterprises.

Check out this link for more social enterprise information and links.

The bottom line is that fundraising is really hard, and takes a long time to bear fruit. It is almost certainly worth investigating social enterprise too.

Sean Triner