media action grassroots network (MAG-Net) mag-net

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