Non-profit fundraising, collaboration and partnerships

In order for you to both reach your goals, I believe some collaboration with other Christian organizations and some fundraising for Christian non-profits will have to be done. I have compiled some very practical information below related to this matter with some additional resources for further study such as recommended websites and books.

Partnering and potential partners

Also, I suggest partnering with established ministries as that makes fundraising easier. Grants often are often obtained due to collaboration. For example, Christian organizations serving in child/teen evangelism as young people like music, television/video and the internet.

Some of the more important ministries working in child/teen evangelism are: Teen Mania,  Young Life, Youth With A Mission (YWAM), Teen Challenge, World Vision, Awana Clubs International, Child Evangelism Fellowship and the Lausanne Forum for World Evangelization. My cousin works for Young Life as a local director. My friend knows the lady in charge of outreach for Teen Mania.

VisionSynergy 

VisionSynergy helps Christian organizations work together for maximum impact by developing and strengthening strategic ministry networks and partnerships in critical areas of world mission.

The internet is a huge opportunity for evangelism and I believe it can be turbocharged via video/music and integrated with satellite television. Please read these two important resources: Internet evangelism is powerful and  VisionSynergy and the internet 

VisionSynergy is currently supported by a group of  financial investors who understand the power of collaboration. Their group of  investors consists of hundreds of individuals, churches, and Christian foundations who want their resources to have the greatest possible impact on critical areas of world mission. The majority of their funding comes through grants from major Christian foundations and through high-capacity individuals.

VisionSynergy plays a very unique role in the global Christianity community as they are one of the few mission service organizations specifically dedicated to empowering ministry collaboration among a large network of Christian organizations.

Missionaries raising support

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5 Smart Ways Missionaries Can Raise and Increase Financial Support

Writing a Winning Support Letter: A Copywriter's Secrets to Missions and Fundraising Letters that Save You Time and Increase Donations

Raising Missionary Support with Global Frontier Missions

Websites and books on fundraising


In order to accomplish your goals, I think fundraising will have to be done.

"We may take it then that an army...without provisions it is lost; without bases of supply it is lost." - Sun Tzu

Below is a recommended reading list I compiled:

1. Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits: Real-World Strategies That Work

2. The Everything Grant Writing Book: Create the perfect grant proposal to raise the funds you need

3. Relationship Fundraising: A Donor Based Approach to the Business of Raising Money

4. Fundraising on the Internet: The ePhilanthropyFoundation.org's Guide to Success Online

5. People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities

6. The Mercifully Brief, Real World Guide to Raising Thousands(If Not Tens of Thousands) of Dollars With Email

7. Fundraising When Money Is Tight: A Strategic and Practical Guide to Surviving Tough Times and Thriving in the Future

8. Nonprofit Internet Strategies: Best Practices for Marketing, Communications, and Fundraising Success

Fundraising websites

http://www.sofii.org

http://philanthropy.com/section/Home/172

http://www.philanthropy-impact.org

Website focusing on Christian grants: 

Christian grants

Online Crowdfunding: 

 Indiegogo and online non-profit fundraising via crowdfunding

Indiegogo religion category 

• Hacking Kickstarter: How to Raise $100,000 in 10 Days (Includes Successful Templates, E-mails, etc.)
• Crowdfunding Bible

Foundation Research

Foundation Search  -  Cost is $8,000 for 5 years.  A Christian school in Californian that my friend knows raised $500,000 in 3 years using this service and writing grants 

Large donors and fundraising and ROI

• For Nonprofit Fundraising, It Pays to Think Big. Major Donor Fundraising Programs Deliver the Highest ROI for Most Nonprofits
• Fundraising and developing major donors

Why wealthy people give:

Richer Lives - Why rich people give

Richer Lives - Why rich people give - Amazon

LinkedIn profile of the CEO of Global Media Outreach

Jamie Radtke   (Email:   jamielradtke AT yahoo DOT com )

Fitts Communications introduction

Firstly, we have a company that is going to manage the station for us. We have another providing us with quality music and inspirational films. We have a place where we plan to use as a studio for live studio airing. The studio has to be setup well. So it is more than just paying for the service. We have a relay server center here in Africa. So there are other operational costs.

Now it is more important to speak about the satellite than even about us. Over Africa, there are several satellites. But ours (Intelsat 20 KU Band) is the best. Firstly, it has the highest Christian viewership in Africa. Every popular Christian TV station is on this Satellite.  Other satellites like Amos-5, W4 and W2 hardly have a Christian following. There are popular Satellite services like DSTV, Star times, Go TV across the African continent originating from South Africa.  Even TBN shows on DSTV. The challenge nobody gets a DSTV Kit in order to watch TBN. Every African who watches DSTV most possibly is not Christian. In fact, the trend is Christians shun Stations like DSTV that are a majority-secular. In fact TBN is the only christian station on DSTV, Africa's most popular Satellite TV Provider.  All other Christian TV stations in Africa are on the satellite we are on. So we definitely have audience by virtue of being on Intelsat.

You can tell anyone you reach that by broadcasting with us, they are reaching 85% of Christian Viewership in Africa. Leave Africa alone, even Europe and England in general.

Anyone who is willing to pay, from $600 (the minimum slot cost) to $3,000 can use our service. I have never met any of these Christians. None of these American Christians has been to my country.  But I can tell you they I have followed their programs for decades. I can attest they are known by scores of millions if not hundreds of millions whom they have never met and whose countries they have never visited.

I believe I sent you an email before with a list of the popular stations on the Intelsat. One key thing is choosing the best Satellite for broadcast.

What we are asking for is just a small fraction of their budget. Other ministries spend hundreds of millions on TV alone annually. Some ministries are shocked when I tell them what we are charging. It seems too good to be true. I am tempted to think some may not believe us because our prices are lower than expected. We have looked at our business model and we think it should work out very well.