What are our core values?
Funding Change Training & Consulting is guided by these core values…
- Asking for money is only one small part of fundraising – and it’s not the first or most important part.
- At its core, fundraising is about building relationships. Donors are more important than dollars.
- Closer relationships can mean more loyal donors and increased support. But, relationship building cannot be seen as a strategy for raising money. It has value of its own.
- Fundraising relates to every part of your organization, and every part of your organization affects your fundraising.
- The best fundraising programs raise money from many different sources with many different people working to raise it.
- Community organizing and fundraising are two sides of the same coin. Both are linked to building a movement for social change.
- Fundraising is political – where you get your funding influences the kind of work you can do.
- Anyone can be a fundraiser.