Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Show Me the Numbers: Can Group Fundraising Help You?

From Tech Soup

show Me the Numbers: Can Group Fundraising Help You?: "Show Me the Numbers: Can Group Fundraising Help You?
Learn how much money you can expect to earn from group fundraising campaigns


By: Peter Deitz

June 18, 2007

In April 2007, a National Public Radio listener named Norman Bier learned that a women’s shelter on South Dakota's Standing Rock Indian Reservation — one of the poorest Native American communities in the United States — had exhausted its funding and was facing an imminent suspension of services until new funds could be secured. To help the shelter stay afloat, Bier outlined a fundraising plan on political activism Web site DailyKos.com. Part of Bier's plan called for the creation of a group fundraising campaign at ChipIn, an online service that helps networks of people collaborate to raise money."

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