Deepening Participation and Knowledge Development

- Read and familiarize yourself with our print and online materials

​- Attend community workshops and advocacy meetings

- Follow us on YouTube and social media

​Supporting Events

​- Provide names of potential supporters to invite to donor cultivation events. 

- Host or co-host a cultivation event or house party at your home or office.

- Identify potential cultivation event hosts/host homes

- Help plan fundraising events

- RSVP early and attend fundraising events

Connecting personal and professional networks

- Write personal notes or emails to donors. 

- Provide names and addresses for five or more potential donors for gifts at any level

- Review donor and prospect lists and provide information about people/businesses you know

- Make introductions to potential foundation and corporate funders. 

- Attend cultivation or solicitation meetings with donors. 

- Suggest potential board members. 

- Suggest potential special event leadership (co-chairs, host committee members)

​- Post, like, and share our posts on social media

​Sharing personal and professional resources

- Make our organization one of your top three philanthropies for support. 

- Make our organization the beneficiary of life cycle events, such as birthdays or anniversaries

- Host a lunch & learn for your co-workers at your office

- Host lunch & learn for your neighbors at your home

- Offer corporate resources, such as meeting space for board or committee meetings. 

- Request in-kind support from vendors and colleagues.