In this article, we explain how you can get funding for your activist campaigns or non-profit cause. We talk about various means of getting money. The also discuss how to make budgets for your projects.
There are a lot of ways for activists to raise funds. Whether it's through online crowdfunding platforms, asking for donations, finding sponsors, or applying for grants from charitable foundations, there are many options available. We wrote detailed guides that discuss grant-writing and donor cultivation, and many other topics:
- 💰 Grants
- 🙌 Crowdfunding
- ❤️ Donations
- 💶 Sponsorship
¶ Managing funds
In this section, we have listed a few guides that discuss how to manage your funds in an effective and transparent way. This includes applying for a legal non-profit status, making budgets and being transparent about where the money is going.
- Legal nonprofit status
- Budgetting
- Reporting & transparency
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¶ External resources
¶ Creative Commons resources
- Collection: Fundraising by Commons Library
- Collection: Getting Grants and Financial Resources by Community Tool Box
- Collection: Managing Finances by Community Tool Box
- Collection: Investing in Community Resources by Community Tool Box
- Collection: Planning for Sustainability by Community Tool Box
- Applying for Grants by Community Tool Box
- Academic: Sustaining the Work by Community Tool Box
¶ Copyright resources
- Fundraising is Awesome
- Move The Money, Practices and Values for Funding Social Movements Building Movement Project
- Funding Centre (AU)
- What Works to Increase Charitable Donations Report by Robyn Gulliver
- Interview about Fundraising with Art Art For Change
- The Seven Pillars of Fundraising Our Community
- Empowered Fundraising Dragon Dreaming
- Your Organisation Can and Should Raise More Money from Major Donors Oxfam
- Crowdfunding for Civil Disobedience Counteract