Money (It's What We Want)
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Presentation on funding for nonprofit technology given at the NTEN conference in San Francisco in 2012.
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- 1. Money (It’s What We Want) #12NTCmoney Ruth Williams, ZeroDivide Andrea Berry, Idealware Cynthia Bailie, The Foundation Center
- 2. Money (It’s What We Want) #12NTCmoney AGENDA •Introductions (5) •Grantmaking and Technology - Ruth Williams (10) •Fundraising and Technology - Andrea Berry (10) •Q&A (10) •Building Awareness Exercise - Cynthia Bailie (20) •Finding Funders –Cynthia Bailie (15) •Q&A (15) •Wrap up (5)
- 3. How to persuade foundations to fund your technology needs April 3, 2012
- 4. Talked to funders • Conducted a 6 month survey - 41 funders, 13 TSPs • Learned how and why funders are – and are not – supporting NPO’s in using tech for social change/programmatic work • Exec Sum: http://zerodivide.org/funder_report or http://bit.ly/e0qgFo (that’s zero, small “o”)
- 5. What we learned • High funder interest; limited familiarity or expertise • Modest investments; mostly back end • Investment are tactical, not strategic • Strategies for impactful tech investment are unclear • Skeptical about tech ROI • Better impact measurements needed • Good News: Future $ possible, Grantees lead the charge
- 6. What we recommend to Funder • Increase tech education and advising activities • Expand their pool of investments • Strengthen TSP infrastructure
- 7. Recommendations to Persuade Funders • Don’t be shy, ask for funds and other tech support • Provide Funders with good data: modest experiment, show #’s & commitment • Propose TA/trainings across a cohort of their grantees
- 9. There Are No Magical Tech Funders Unfortunately.
- 10. Can You Lower the Price? Check Ask hardware See if consultants TechSoup for vendors about offer a discount or discount software nonprofit compressed discounts project 1
- 11. Will Local Businesses Help? • Check with local banks or partners • Might they donate (good quality) hardware or software? • Are there volunteers who could help you design and implement the project? 1
- 12. Can You Interest Major Donors? • Do you have donors who might fund part or all of the project? • It’s a nice, tangible investment for the right donor 1
- 13. Approach Your Current Funders • Would they be interested in supporting their mission through tech? • Consider including it in a larger project. • Do they offer any capacity services or funding programs? 1
- 14. Building Awareness 1
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- 19. Finding Funders 1
- 20. GRANTSPACE.ORG 2
- 22. Thank You! Let’s stay in touch: •Ruth Williams | Senior Program Officer| ZeroDivide | ruth@zerodivide.org •Andrea Berry | Director of Partnerships and Learning | Idealware | andrea@idealware.org •Cynthia Bailie | Director, Cleveland Office and Special Information Initiatives | The Foundation Center | cgb@foundationcenter.org 2
- 23. Additional Resources “How a Small Nonprofit Made Simple Tech Tweaks and Saved $176,000.” By William Grassie - http://bit.ly/eZMFp3 Unleashing Innovation: Using Everyday Technology to Improve Nonprofit Services. By MAP for Nonprofits and Idealware - http://idealware.org/reports Grants for Information Technology - 2011 Digital Edition. By The Foundation Center - http://foundationcenter.org/marketplace 2
- 24. Evaluate This Session! Each entry is a chance to win an NTEN engraved iPad! or Online using #12NTCmoney at www.nten.org/ntc/eval
Editor's Notes
- Name of the publication is “Amplifying Social Impact in a Connected Age: A Survey of Tech-Related Grantmaking for Social Benefit” Located on ZD’s website Completed the survey in Fall of 2011 TSPs are non-profit technology service providers. Ex. Tech Soup or Aspirations Survey goal was to: Gather info to help increase quality, quantity of tech-related grantmaking for programmatic impact Identify barriers to funding, rec’s for overcoming ZD’s emphasis is to increase underserved communities’ tech use. We categorize this work into 3 areas: Tech for social impact, program goals: campaigns, advocacy, service delivery, engagement – not ops Newer tools: video, mobile/sms, social media, etc. “ Tech integration” or “transform v. transact”
- Funders are curious about technology. Provide them with a clear plan on how tech can improve your service providing Provide funders with data that supports your case. Show funders a place where they can get outside info