How to Raise $500 to $5000 from Almost Anyone: A 1-Hour Guide for Board Members, Volunteers, and Staff

by Andy Robinson

You need money, you have a board - what's the quickest way to improve your bottom line? You go where the easier money is. As Andy Robinson shows in How to Raise $500 to $5000 from Almost These gifts don't require intensive research, donor cultivation is minimized, soliciting is simple and straightforward, your campaign can be launched, and concluded, in a span of weeks or months. In essence, Robinson has produced the Everyman's guide to asking - a proven, uncomplicated strategy for raising a substantial sum of money efficiently and in a hurry. Complements David Lansdowne's book, Fund Raising Realities Every Board Member Must Face.

Genres: Nonfiction

109 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 2011

Reviews

[Renee Rubin Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read. Not a comprehensive "how-to" but more a collection of stories about the experience of fundraising with some dos and don'ts. The stories could be useful in training a Board of Directors or staff members - Andy Robinson tells us about the successes and frustrations of asking for contributions.

[Earl · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick read full of easy to apply tips on fundraising. It's definitely psychological how we approach money and we need to change our relationship with money. Asking for money even for a cause I'm passionate about is still difficult for me. This would be a good book to have to go back to. I love this quote in the book: I can't do everything but I can do something to help somebody. And what I can do, I will do. I wish I can do more.- Oseola McCarty