week 3 project
Given a comprehensive analysis is to be conducted and a fundraising plan developed in the time frame of this class, the selected nonprofit organization should be small to medium in size and ideally one you are familiar with through your volunteer experiences or work. At minimum you should have access to the necessary organizational information to complete the project assignments.
In week 3, you will complete the first part of the project which is the analysis of the nonprofit’s fundraising efforts and determine its organizational readiness for fundraising.
For this assignment:
Provide the history and mission statement and describe the mainprogram/activities of the nonprofit organization.
Identify the five major fundraising principles and discuss each principle’seffect on the nonprofit. Use examples and data from the nonprofit in yourdiscussion.
Identify the nonprofit’s funding priorities and include a specific dollaramount the nonprofit intends to raise for the year to achieve the statedpriorities.
Include a case statement for the nonprofit’s fundraising efforts in anappendix to the assignment.
Select an appropriate assessment tool, such as a SWOT analysis, to performan analysis of the nonprofit’s fundraising efforts. Discuss the components ofthe tool and provide your rationale for selecting the specific tool.
Use the selected analysis tool to analyze the nonprofit’s current fundraisingactivities. There should be a minimum of three types of fundraising activitiesanalyzed such as individual contributions, grants, special events, andcorporate sponsorships.
Based on the analysis, discuss the nonprofit’s organizational capacity toachieve its funding priorities and the potential benefits and pitfalls of raisingor not raising the specified funds.
Submission Details:
Cite all sources and provide references in APA format on a separate page.