Asking donors to give money to your nonprofit may cause some people stress. Many nonprofit leaders, volunteers, or board directors may not know:
- how to approach the subject of giving,
- what specifically to ask for, or
- who to approach.
The thing is, nonprofit organizations should ask for donations! But the how, who, and what is not something that comes natural to all.
Dr. Omotola Akinsola of The Funding Magnet shares with you her ASK Formula! In this ASK Formula she shares how to get donors to give!
- A: Ask family and friends
- S: Seek those family and friends to round up more donors
- K: Knock on doors with your extended network
She also shares with you an overview on how to develop and implement a funding plan for your nonprofit. This is also a great takeaway for grant writers, funding developers, and board directors!
About Dr. Omotola Akinsola
Dr. Omotola Akinsola is CEO of The Funding Magnet and has over nine years of experience as both an in-house grant writer and as a freelance grant consultant to various nonprofit organizations across the United States and the continent of Africa. A Social Worker by trade, Omotola combines her passion for education, youth, leadership, homelessness, community service, nonprofits and social entrepreneurship with her skills as a writer and researcher.
Omotola holds a Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her interests are in educational & economic disparities, international youth development, youth unemployment, youth asset development, community development, social entrepreneurship, mentoring, and nonprofit management & fundraising.
She founded JumpStart Dream Academy, a nonprofit organization in Nigeria that works with youth to develop them into agents of positive change. She has worked and consulted for various nonprofit organizations in different capacities such as creating and designing programs, evaluating programs, structuring nonprofits to run effective, budgeting, grant proposal writing and reviews, and coming up with fundraising strategies.
Omotola is sold out to helping young nonprofit organizations be a force for good and guiding nonprofits in getting funded and being effective.
What We Discuss In This Episode:
- ASK Formula
- How to develop a funding plan
- Why Omotola started JumpStart Dream Academy
- How to reach donors in your immediate area
- The 100 Perfect Donors Challenge
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