Online Discussion Next Week: Seeking Money for Operating Costs

August 29, 2008

Online Discussion Next Week: Seeking Money for Operating Costs

Join us on Tuesday, September 2, at noon Eastern time for a live online discussion about the pros and cons of general operating support — and how nonprofit groups can find donors willing to give them unrestricted dollars to cover their expenses.

The guest will be Paul Shoemaker, executive director of Social Venture Partners Seattle, an organization that provides unrestricted grants and other aid to nonprofit groups.

The Chronicle’s online discussions are free and open to everyone. People who ask questions in advance have a better chance of getting answers.

Comments

Are there grants that you can recommend to ask for operating support in the State of Nevada or educational non-profits?

— Elaine Fastow Aug 29, 03:09 PM #
We’re an arts council in a rural area chock full of non-profits and artists but with very few corporations, banks, or foundations. Non-profits here compete repeatedly for the same resources. What can we do to spread the wealth? Also, should we focus more energy on soliciting private donations or public funding?

— Molly Matlock Aug 29, 06:37 PM #
I am continually confounded by foundations who are willing to fund grass roots programs; yet when these programs are successful, the foundations do not offer to continue to support the programs operating expenses.

— Linda Lyons Aug 29, 06:40 PM #
Are there examples of clusters of foundations in different states or regions, or those that support specific topics/areas of interest joining together to provide operating support in a focused, planned manner to strengthen certain sectors of the non-profit community/work?

— Karen L. Cadbury Aug 30, 09:13 AM #
We are a new non-profit museum and interpretive center with no track record other than local support and interest, in-kind services valued at hundreds of thousand of dollars, a new foundation and some monies raised but we still need construction costs of approximately $5 million. Any suggestions for finding foundations intersted in new civic ventures?

— Martha McDaniel Aug 31, 09:52 PM #

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