MEDIA ACTION GRASSROOTS NETWORK (MAG-NET)
WWW.MAG-NET.ORG
MEDIA ACTION GRASSROOTS NETWORK (MAG-NET) WWW.MAG-NET.ORG
MAG-Net works at the intersection of mediaand social change to build a powerful movementfor media justice that strengthens, connects, andsustains local to-local media organizing to endracism and poverty with long term community development, movement building, and policyimpacts.
MEDIA POLICY CHANGE
MOBILIZATION & ACTION
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
LEARNING COMMUNITY
SPEED DATING1. Name, Organization, work that you do2. How do you raise money for your
cause and/or movement
SPEED DATING1. Name, Organization, work that you do2. What’s your biggest fundraising
challenge?
SPEED DATING1. Name, Organization, work that you do2. Pretend the person you are talking to
is a potential, give your best 1 minute pitch.
MAG-NET FUNDRAISING• Membership Dues Structure• Grassroots Action Fund • Collaborative Fundraising with our
Anchor Organizations • Foundation Fundraising• Giving Circles
MAG-NET FUNDRAISING• Leverage national network to aid local
and regional groups• Uplift victories and successes• Stay true to organizing work, work
stands for itself
FUNDRAISING – NEW FORMS AND OLD CAROL AMMONS – URBANA-CHAMPAIGN INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER
OBJECTIVE OF SESSIONWhat is Social Entrepreneurship?How Do We Engage?Revenue & ResourcesCreativity & PartnershipsBad Word: Bureaucracy
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURInnovative individuals focused on most pressing social problemsPersistent and ambitiousOffer new ideas for wide-scale change
Often possessed by their ideasCommitted Visionaries Concerned with practical application
ENGAGEWords Matter: Non-Profit?We have to re-define what it means to do the work that matters. The government call us “non-profit”, but we need to re-define ourselves.Give Examples, i.e. citizen sector. . .
What do you call yourself?
REVENUE & RESOURCESPartnerships, Affiliate organization, providing a direct service, host community events, traditional grants, collaborations, individual giving
FIND A “PLAYGROUND” TO BUILDMinor Donor Groups
Affinity Fundraising
Super Events
BAD WORD = BUREAUCRACY – A SENSE OF POWER OR PRESTIGE BUILT ON HAVING SCREWED OTHER PEOPLEGOOD WORD = BEST PRACTICES – A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A SOLUTION TO A TASK OR PROCESS THAT IS OFTEN REVOLUTIONARY OR UNIQUEDocumenting, recording, creating is how we share our work with the world and encourage them through hope to invest in the organization and the people.
MEDIAMOBILIZINGPROJECT.ORG
BREAK OUT!
BREAK OUT INTO GROUPS1. What are the biggest takeaways from the
presentations?2. What do you see are the biggest barriers for
your work in collaborative fundraising?3. What are new models or strategies have
emerged for you? Think outside the box?4. What are some next steps you can take back
to your organization or work?
http://www.mag-net.org/content/mag-net-grassroots-fundraising-toolkit
RESOURCEShttp://www.mag-net.org/media-justice-resource-library
www.fundraiser.com/fundraising-ideas.html
http://www.slideshare.net/sagenonprofit/event-fundraising-2012-final
http://socialjusticefund.org/
http://socialjusticefund.org/about-giving-projects-0