Comments on: Fundraising Fun? You Betcha! http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/342/fundraising-fun-you-betcha/ Nonprofit Fundraising and Grantwriting for the One-Person Shop Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:05:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Marc A. Pitman, FundraisingCoach.com http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/342/fundraising-fun-you-betcha/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Marc A. Pitman, FundraisingCoach.com Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:24:55 +0000 http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/?p=342#comment-128 Yay for FUN fundraising!! :) Yay for FUN fundraising!! :)

]]> By: Scot http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/342/fundraising-fun-you-betcha/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Scot Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:22:38 +0000 http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/?p=342#comment-119 *edit* "THOUGH I do more grant writing..." *edit* “THOUGH I do more grant writing…”

]]> By: Scot http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/342/fundraising-fun-you-betcha/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Scot Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:20:42 +0000 http://www.pamelasgrantwritingblog.com/?p=342#comment-118 No doubt the complexity of fundraising paralyzes many. But I think the Fear of Fundraising Syndrome (FOFS) you diagnose has a more fundamental cause: Most people hate to ask other people for money. Why? 1) It feels like begging. 2) It incurs an obligation to a stranger. 3) They just don't believe that what they're doing is worthwhile enough. These may all be the same thing. For reasons still opaque to me, FOFS is less apt to strike when asking for money via a grant than via donation--(I've done my share of both kinds of asks)--maybe because project funding seems more like wages for work (an equal swap) and general organizational support seems more like begging. I'm speaking more to the psychology of the matter than the truth of the matter, I hope you understand. Thought I do more grant writing these days, I feel both kinds of fundraising are equally legitimate. Good luck in your ventures. No doubt the complexity of fundraising paralyzes many. But I think the Fear of Fundraising Syndrome (FOFS) you diagnose has a more fundamental cause: Most people hate to ask other people for money. Why?
1) It feels like begging.
2) It incurs an obligation to a stranger.
3) They just don’t believe that what they’re doing is worthwhile enough.

These may all be the same thing.

For reasons still opaque to me, FOFS is less apt to strike when asking for money via a grant than via donation–(I’ve done my share of both kinds of asks)–maybe because project funding seems more like wages for work (an equal swap) and general organizational support seems more like begging. I’m speaking more to the psychology of the matter than the truth of the matter, I hope you understand. Thought I do more grant writing these days, I feel both kinds of fundraising are equally legitimate.

Good luck in your ventures.

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