Pursue

Fundraisers learn from one another. Use the following links to join fundraising listservs, read articles about fundraising, and to learn about the best way to acquire funding for your projects.

• PRSPCT – L http://listserv.apra-prspct-l.org/wa.exe?A0=prspct-l
• Donor Search – http://listserv.charitychannel.com/collaborate/wa.exe?A0=donorresearch-l
• APRA International – http://www.aprahome.org/
• APRA Greater Houston – http://www.apragreaterhouston.org/
• CASE (Council for Advancement of Support of Education) – http://www.case.org
• Association for Healthcare Philanthropy – http://www.ahp.org/
• American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) – http://www.asis.org/

Once you have made a good connection between your project and your prospect, it will be time to pursue your communication with the prospect. This section will help you communicate succinctly and successfully.

• Foundation Center’s Request for Proposals (RFP) – http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/
• Foundation Center – provides free information on foundations and writing successful grants to them. http://foundationcenter.org/
• Charity Channel – http://www.charitychannel.com/
• Non-Profit Times – http://www.nptgrantsearch.com/
• Grant Proposal.com offers guidance on writing and applying for grants – http://www.grantproposal.com/
• Strunk & White, the bible of concise writing – http://www.bartleby.com/141/
• WordNet from Princeton – http://wordnet.princeton.edu/
  From the website: “WordNet® is a large lexical database of English, developed under the direction of George A. Miller. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms (synsets), each expressing a distinct concept.”
• National Center for Charitable Statistics – http://www.nccs.urban.org/
  From the website: “The National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is the national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.”