Individual Volunteers to Groups = Funding

By William C Andreas MBA

In my experiences, I far too often see small nonprofits play it safe and refuse to hire and pay appropriate wages to a development professional who can easily raise three to five times their total budget within their second year. I am writing these short books to help those under these circumstances. This book is devoted to an inexpensive, quick way for the newly hired development staff to become successful in raising funds and increasing teams of volunteers at the same time. My book will include my insight as to how to accomplish your goals for development and further the mission of the organization.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: May 15, 2020
• ISBN: 9781532099380

William C Andreas MBA

In 1988, I entered into the Development field after receiving my BA at a small univesirty. To broaded my development knowledge I attended several university development courses. Over the last 29 years I raised over $13,000,000 in small development offices. I received amy MBA and am a former CFRE.

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iUniverse rev. date: 04/20/2020

CONTENTS

1 Goals and Objectives

2 Individual Volunteers

3 Types of Sponsorships

4 Types of Volunteers to Suit your Needs

5 Getting Started & Promotion

6 Organizational Growth & Change with a New Volunteer Program

7 Possible Effects on Regular Volunteers

8 Policies & Procedures

9 Initial Contact, Communication, & the Wait

10 One-on-One Requests

11 After the Request

12 The Importance of the Team Captain

13 Paper or Electronic Waivers

14 Special Amenities

15 The Day of the Event

16 Dedication/Grand Opening

17 Stewardship

18 Invoicing

19 Budget

20 Closing Notes

PREFACE

I graduated from a small Christian university in the Midwest with a B.A. in business administration, became a real estate broker, and helped to found a real estate agency. At age 22, I became the managing broker over 20 agents. That same year, I purchased my first home, and became a licensed appraiser. Sales came easy for me, but I ended up working way too many hours and got sick. I took life and work way too seriously. I decided I wanted to work any type of 9 to 5 office job in attempt to reduce the stress in my life.

In 1988, I became the executive director of a small, dormant hospital foundation. In addition to the foundation, I also managed the hospital’s pharmacy, three physician office practices, and facility rentals. I built up the dormant foundation, created the initial board of director’s position description, board officer duties, and a board matrix needed for the selection of foundation board members. I implemented office policies, purchased and set up the donor database, developed procedures, and set up the accounting system to tie into the parent hospital’s system. I attended several Indiana University School of Philanthropy development courses on Annual Gifts, Major Individual and Corporate Gifts, Special Events, Planned Giving, and Grants. I contracted Hillary Lyons Associates to help create a comprehensive development department for a one staff office, which mainly established a volunteer, community-based committee for each giving sector. These committees helped to accomplish much more than a one-person office. In development, I found myself often handling communication, marketing, and advertising, in addition to raising money. It was a small hospital, so I was able to handle all these positions. Within three years, I had secured donations to the tune of three times the amount of development expenses, including my wages and benefits. I implemented a $600,000 capital fundraising campaign myself. The committees and I raised $500,000 for a successful hospital remodeling project. In addition to fundraising,