Fundraising

The main focus of the outreach team is raise funds for AguaClara's ongoing research and work.  Fundraising serves as the sustenance for the AguaClara Team. Through , and through our work, we develop have developed relationships with potential donors as well as .  Our relationships are not limited to corporate sponsors: we also seek out and evaluate grants for all that many aspects of the organization. In essence, Fundraising is responsible for the financial security of AguaCara's interests both domestically and abroadour organization would be qualified to receive. AguaClara is largely funded in large part by private donors, and the fundraising team works specifically to increase the base of potential supporters.

Our team Fundraising group works closely with the Public Relations group of outreach Outreach when it comes to seeking potential donors. The Outreach Contact List showcases serves as a database of the organizations we have contacted as the Outreach Team are interested in contacting or maintaining contact with in the future. The relationship between P.R. and Fundraising is essential due to the fact that many donors come from potential PR contacts and vise versa.

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contacts and vise versa.

We have also formed a grant writing team charged with filling out The fundraising group pursues funding its goals by investigating and authoring grant applications throughout the semester. This team also develops Grant Writing Guidelines in order to facilitate the efforts of future Fundraising members. The mist current efforts of the grant writing team grants of most interest to the Fundraising group are currently are listed on the Grant Short List, which is updated frequently as grants come are found and or are submitted. If you seek further information on our grant seeking and writing efforts For more general information please visit our main Grants page.

You can find further information on the work of the Fundraising and Public Relations teams on the Outreach Resources page.

In Fall 2010, fundraising was not worked on as extensively as possible, with most of the team's focus going towards PR materials and events. However, some fundraising events were formed, including Gift Fairs and the concert at the Nines. Also, some contacts were developed, including the Pillsbury Institute.

Summary of Fundraising Strategy

Full strategy1.

1. Contacts: Exploring personal and professional contacts to benefit AguaClara

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1. Affiliates/partners: Forging long-lasting bonds with other groups that can provide guidance for AguaClara
2. Corporate sponsors: Speaking with companies that are also passionate about sustainable development for sponsorship opportunities
3. Grants: Applying for privately and public grants to fund research
   

Note: Send finished grant proposals to Monroe; he must personally submit them through Cornell's system. Outreach does all of the leg work and writing, but when you are done please do not submit them yourselves--schedule a meeting with Monroe!

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