From Fundraiser to Resource Mobilizer- Follow Up Resources

These resources can be used to support further applications of skills, knowledge, and tools presented at the workshop.  Please check our website for more workshops for more learning opportunities.  Please respect any fair use and copyright for any of the resources below. 

Please note, this workshop is taught by several instructors, and materials may vary from session to session. If you are looking for a workshop resource that is not listed here, please contact us at workshops@compasspoint.org.

Pre-Work Readings

• GIFT 2012 Conference Keynotes, including "10 Ways to Turn Fundraising into Organizing" by Attica Woodson Scott (Grassroots Fundraising Journal, republished with minor updates for Nonprofit Quarterly)
• "Viva La Causa: Fundraising Lessons from the United Farm Workers Movement" by Rona Fernandez (Grassroots Fundraising Journal, republished with minor updates for Nonprofit Quarterly)
• "Inspiration from Fundraising History: Civil Rights Movement" by Holly Fincke (Grassroots Fundraising Journal)

Manual

• From Fundraiser to Resource Mobilizer... Workbook (please make your own copy to write directly in it)

Slides

• From Fundraiser to Resource Mobilizer... Presentation Slides

Fundraising Fundamentals

• Grassroots Fundraising Journal - Digital Archive 
• The Fundraiser School
• People's Nonprofit Accelerator

Articles and Blogs

• "White Supremacy Culture" by Tema Okun
• (divorcing) White Supremacy Culture: Coming home to who we really are by Tema Okun (website that serves as an expanded resource)
• Why Funding Overhead is Not The Real Issue: The Case to Cover Full Costs by Claire Knowlton of Nonprofit Quarterly
• Defining Full Cost (Nonprofit Finance Fund)
• The Abundance Mindset: What it Looks Like in Everyday Practice... by Vu Le of NonprofitAF

Collaborative fundraising

• "Visions, Values, and Process for Joint Funder Engagement" Statement (Coming Clean)
• "10 Principles of Collaborative Fundraising" by Rockwood Fellows, Resource Leaders 2019: Marisa Aguayo, Anathea Chino, Gerri Lawrence, Linda Lee, & Mostafa Mahboob
• "The Story of the Clouds and the Forest" - an illuminating metaphor for collaborative fundraising (Thriving Resilient Communities Collaboratory)

Fundraising practices grounded in economic & racial justice

• "The 10 Principles of Community-Centric Fundraising" (Community-Centric Fundraising)
• Community-Centric Fundraising Checklist (Community-Centric Fundraising)
• The Decolonizing Wealth Toolkit by Edgar Villanueva (Decolonizing Wealth Project)

Donor organizing

• "Growing Donor Organizers Through Giving Projects: Four Years Later" by Zeke Spier and Allison Johnson Heist (Grassroots Fundraising Journal)
• "'Donors': If You Mean Rich People, Just Say So" by Iimay Ho  
• Giving Project Network
• Donor Organizer Hub

Moving Money: Regenerative ways of fundraising

• "Resourcing: Fundraising as Part of Supporting and Building Community" by Susan Raffo (Grassroots Fundraising Journal)

• "The abundance mindset: what it looks like in everyday practice, and the equity implications around it" by Vu Le (Nonprofit AF)

Fundraising distribution examples

• "Map Your Current Fundraising Efforts and Build on Bright Spots" (CompassPoint)
• "How We Raise $500,000 Without a Development Director" by Yael Falicov (Grassroots Fundraising Journal, republished in Nonprofit Quarterly)

Videos 

• Fundraising Bright Spots - Session recordings (CompassPoint)
• Donor Organizing with Jocelyn Wong (excerpt from CompassPoint Brights Spots session recording)
• Relational Organizing: An Interview with Jonathan Bix Pt. 1 (CompassPoint)
• Relational Organizing: An Interview with Jonathan Bix Pt. 2 (CompassPoint)
• My Resource Mobilization Story: "I Was So Dedicated to Getting Black People Free" with Kyla Hartsfield (CompassPoint)

Activities and Tools

• Facilitating a Money Beliefs activity (facilitation script)
• Mapping Our Experiences: A Training Exercise from GIFT & FIERCE

Additional Resources

• Social Service and Social Change: A Process Guide (Building Movement Project) 
• Wealth Reclamation Academy of Practitioners (WRAP)
• Justice Funders
• Brunch & Budget (BIPOC-led financial planning practice)
• The Whiteness of Wealth by Dorothy A. Brown