The Board and Fund Raising
These days, with so many nonprofit organizations having to scramble to find new sources of funds, there is a lot of pressure to engage in more and better fundraising. Inevitably the question arises as to what the board's role should be on all this. For more on this subject, see VSKN's Fund Raising section.
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Here is one take on the difficult and complex matter of just what role the board should play when it comes to helping to raise money for the organizationGovernment of Alberta Department of Culture and Community Spirit -
In the U.S. it seems that boards are more willing to get involved in helping to raise money for the organization they govern. Here is one perspective on effective and ineffective ways to do this.Guidestar -
This difficult problem is tackled here by noted American fundraiser Kim Klein. Theseare the notes and class discussion from an online course she ran in 1999.Fund Raising Softward Inc.