Thanks. May I ask what the current status of your monthly, quarterly, and similar giving programs are?
(As an aside, you’ll often get questions like this by potential EA/EA-adjacent donors because we’re looking at local fundraising ability as a proxy for the local community’s assessment of your organization, its programs, and its proposals. For various reasons, we have a poor ability to assess certain things that are important, particularly relating to ability to execute, whether the proposal is a good fit for a local community thousands of miles away from us, etc. So looking for evidence of how people who have the cultural and geographical background to assess is fairly common practice. At least for me, the gross amount raised per se is less important than the breadth of community support. Although the answer is also relevant to assessing how viable the sustainability model is.)
Thank you so much for your interest on both aspects of our recurring giving programs and the viability of NbWG sustainability model for the functional office.
At the moment, we are in the early stages of building structured monthly and quarterly giving programs. Among major requirement(s) of having a functional office, managed by a well structured systems thus a call on fundraising request to support in establishment of a functional office. While we currently accept one-time donations via PayPal and fundraising platforms ‘GoGetFunding’, we are actively working on setting up:
A simple program dubbed “Friends of NbWG”, where recurring donors will receive regular updates and small tokens of appreciation esp. widows handmade crafts.
A monthly giving option through PayPal and/ Donorbox for supporters who wish to give automatically and/ recurring support. (Be engaging EA Forum team to advice on proven ways of managing an effective recurring giving in women led organization)
A quarterly donor engagement cycle to maintain communication, share impact stories and recognize supporters.
On the other note of sustainability model, we believe our model is realistic, community-rooted and designed for gradual strengthening. As mentioned in our sustainability plan with key focus;
1. Community Ownership: Where group members are encouraged to contribute towards small savings and participating in self-help initiatives. This is to create a strong local foundation that will also act as backup fund.
2. Diversified Income Streams: Where we’re targeting not to rely on a single source. Our plan including monthly giving, income-generating activities (IGAs), grant budget integration and local table banking contributions to distribute responsibility and reduce risk.
Among other strategies as mentioned.
In summary, our system(s) are in early stages but intentionally being built for resilience. With initial support and transparency, we believe we can grow into a fully self-sustaining widow-led center of transformation and empowerment.
Your interest is incredibly encouraging and I highly welcome your feedback and/ participation of establishing a strong system(s). We’d be honored to include you as a founding supporter of this long-term sustainability effort.
We’re open to suggestions and warmly welcome collaborators who wish to walk with us through this journey. Do believe too, in the proverb… ‘If you want to go far, go together….’
Thanks. May I ask what the current status of your monthly, quarterly, and similar giving programs are?
(As an aside, you’ll often get questions like this by potential EA/EA-adjacent donors because we’re looking at local fundraising ability as a proxy for the local community’s assessment of your organization, its programs, and its proposals. For various reasons, we have a poor ability to assess certain things that are important, particularly relating to ability to execute, whether the proposal is a good fit for a local community thousands of miles away from us, etc. So looking for evidence of how people who have the cultural and geographical background to assess is fairly common practice. At least for me, the gross amount raised per se is less important than the breadth of community support. Although the answer is also relevant to assessing how viable the sustainability model is.)
Hi Jason,
Thank you so much for your interest on both aspects of our recurring giving programs and the viability of NbWG sustainability model for the functional office.
At the moment, we are in the early stages of building structured monthly and quarterly giving programs. Among major requirement(s) of having a functional office, managed by a well structured systems thus a call on fundraising request to support in establishment of a functional office. While we currently accept one-time donations via PayPal and fundraising platforms ‘GoGetFunding’, we are actively working on setting up:
A simple program dubbed “Friends of NbWG”, where recurring donors will receive regular updates and small tokens of appreciation esp. widows handmade crafts.
A monthly giving option through PayPal and/ Donorbox for supporters who wish to give automatically and/ recurring support. (Be engaging EA Forum team to advice on proven ways of managing an effective recurring giving in women led organization)
A quarterly donor engagement cycle to maintain communication, share impact stories and recognize supporters.
On the other note of sustainability model, we believe our model is realistic, community-rooted and designed for gradual strengthening. As mentioned in our sustainability plan with key focus;
1. Community Ownership: Where group members are encouraged to contribute towards small savings and participating in self-help initiatives. This is to create a strong local foundation that will also act as backup fund.
2. Diversified Income Streams: Where we’re targeting not to rely on a single source. Our plan including monthly giving, income-generating activities (IGAs), grant budget integration and local table banking contributions to distribute responsibility and reduce risk.
Among other strategies as mentioned.
In summary, our system(s) are in early stages but intentionally being built for resilience. With initial support and transparency, we believe we can grow into a fully self-sustaining widow-led center of transformation and empowerment.
Your interest is incredibly encouraging and I highly welcome your feedback and/ participation of establishing a strong system(s). We’d be honored to include you as a founding supporter of this long-term sustainability effort.
We’re open to suggestions and warmly welcome collaborators who wish to walk with us through this journey. Do believe too, in the proverb… ‘If you want to go far, go together….’