Training & Consulting Services

The realities and challenges many social justice organizations face today are immense. This is especially true in the area of funding/fundraising and the quest for long-term sustainability. From rural South Carolina to urban Los Angeles, community organizations recognize the need for building and sustaining their grassroots
fundraising efforts.

GIFT works to bridge the gap between understanding and action. We provide information, tools, practical skills, and a vision of movement building to create change throughout the nonprofit sector.

GIFT contracts with community organizations to provide technical assistance support with topics and issues related to grassroots fundraising. We offer standard and specialized training workshops and consultant services.

Here is a partial list of some of the training and consulting topics GIFT offers:

• The Politics of Funding and Fundraising
• Principles of Fundraising
• How to Ask for Money
• Individual/Major Donor Campaigns
• Special Events and House Parties
• Using Mail to Build Your Base
• Telephone Fundraising
• Online Fundraising
• Development Planning
• Capital Campaigns
• Planned Giving
• Time Management
• Organizing and Fundraising
• Team-Building
• Board Development

For more information on GIFT's customized training and consulting services or to set-up an initial meeting, please contact Stephanie Roth at (510) 452-4520 x 304 or at stephanie@grassrootsfundraising.org.