Norfolk Community Foundation celebrates giving back for ten years – News – Eastern Daily Press

A packed event has celebrated ten years of charitable funding for community projects.

Norfolk Community Foundation was established in 2005 by founder and patron, the Rt Revd Graham James, Lord Bishop of Norwich.

Individuals and businesses can make donations which are then awarded as grants to fund community projects.

The fifth ‘Love Norfolk’ evening was hosted by the Norfolk Community Foundation.

Over 200 guests attended the event, sponsored by Rathbones, held at Norwich University of the Arts to mark the ten year anniversary of the foundation and took a look back over the decade.

The Foundation has so far awarded over 15 million of grants to over 2,500 local groups.

Chairman of the foundation, Charles Barratt DL, opened the evening of celebration and was followed by compere, Carol Bundock DL who interviewed the Lord Bishop about his initial visions for the charity.

Members of the audience also heard from UK Community Foundations (UKCF) Chairman, David Sheepshanks CBE DL. Norfolk Community Foundation has achieved remarkable success in its 10 years and is very much an inspirational model for other foundations across the national network.”

The Foundation’s Development Manager, Anna Douglas said: “As we embark on the next decade, our mission is to continue to encourage and motivate both individuals and businesses to support our local community by offering a platform for giving which is accessible for all whatever the level of contribution.”

She added they hope more people will engage with the foundation to help to make a difference to people’s lives.

Is there a charity out there that you want to celebrate?

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Record results for major March events | Fundraising & Philanthropy Australasia Magazine
“Companies such as Seven Media Group, Nine Entertainment, Ten Network, Fairfax, News Limited, Bauer Media, MCN, ARN, Nova, APN Outdoor, oOH Media, Adshel, JC Decaux, Prime, WIN/NBN, Southern Cross Austereo, SBS Two, Facebook and 2GB are involved and committed to this event.”

New event, the Variety Cycle, tops $670,000

Over $670,000 has been raised by Variety – the Children’s Charity’s ‘The Variety Cycle’, a new event which challenged riders to tackle a 2,167km cycling adventure from Sydney to Hobart, traversing four states including NSW, ACT, Victoria, and Tasmania.

It attracted 100 participants, and media coverage to raise awareness of the ride was helped along by recruitment of the PR agency, A Little Extra, which disseminated the stories of riders with a profile, who included half the Wild Oats yacht crew and the Paralympian, Michael Milton.

“I lost my leg to cancer at nine,” said Milton. “It was certainly one of the most physically challenging cycle events I have done but I’m proud I was part of it and was able to contribute to a very important cause.”

Liz Henderson is editor of Fundraising & Philanthropy Magazine

The Three Fundamentals of Signature Fundraising Campaigns

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With over 1 million donations via its online platform, GoFundraise has compiled its Three Fundamentals of Signature Fundraising Campaigns white paper of insights as a resource for charities. Tips for running signature fundraising events are provided in three fundamental areas, to help nonprofits minimise risk and maximise this opportunity.

Fundraising with Facebook: Research Paper

By: Artez Interactive

The rise of Facebook is an important trend for charities and non-profits, with data showing 14% of donations were made from Facebook in the last 12 months. This whitepaper contains stats to help you determine what the best strategy is for your next Facebook fundraising campaign.

NFP sector in 2012

By: Makinson & d’Apice Lawyers

This report gauges stakeholders’ views and provide a platform for NFPs and community organisations from across Australia to have their say on the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits and other issues affecting the sector.

Survey into the Not for Profit Sector: 2012 Australian Fundraising

By: Deloitte

The recent spate of natural disasters across Australia has increased demand for services supporting national and international communities, according to Deloitte’s inaugural survey into the Not for Profit Sector Fundraising in 2012.

According to Deloitte Private partner, Alison Brown, this increase in demand for their services will mean that not for profits will need to diversify their operations to reduce reliance on Government funding.

This extensive study looks at not for profit challenges, fundraising trends and use of mobile technologies across the not for profit sector.

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But in just five years, millennials will make up 50 percent of the workforce and create a defining culture of givers, according to the 2014 Millennial Impact Report.

The Millennial Impact Report, an annual report from the Case Foundation, The Chronicle of Philanthopy and Indianapolis-based Achieve that chronicles how the young generation gets involved with issues that matter to them, leaves little question that millennials want to do good.

In 2013, 87 percent of millennial employees donated to a nonprofit organization.

A key takeaway from the 2014 Millennial Impact Report was that most millennials are driven by causes and not necessarily the organization.

Often, the personal engagement comes well before a monetary donation is made, making millennial donors a part of the long game for nonprofit organizations. The Millennial Impact Report revealed that most millennials place an equal value on all their assets including time and energy. If you’re a fundraiser or an executive director of a nonprofit organization, your primary checks are not going to be written by millennials for many years to come unless you’re in Silicon Valley and have hundreds of millennial millionaires around the corner.”

A trend that has remained evident in all four years of the Millennial Impact Report is that millennials are heavily influenced by the decisions and behaviors of their peers.

This means that millennials and millennial donors are putting far less stock in the messages and marketing tactics of each organization and relying more on the firsthand accounts of their peers.

Sounds good: NB superintendent hopes to win music grants – Central Connecticut Communications: New Britain Herald

That foundation provides a $30,000 grant to each of two elementary schools in a school district.

Because of his relationship with the foundation in Texas, Cooper, school district Chief Operations Officer Paul Salina and Board of Education Chairwoman Sharon Beloin-Saavedra got the chance to visit the New York City headquarters of the music channel in December.

VH1 sent a foundation representative to visit several schools in January and a two weeks ago a the district was notified they would be invited to apply for two school grants.

The district will be notified of a decision in August and, if the grants are received, Chamberlain and Vance elementary schools would be equipped with dozens more instruments in September. It is the hope of the district, Salina said, that all 10 city elementary schools will receive a $30,000 foundation grant over the next five years.

Salina, New Britain High School band director from 1975 to 1993, said VH1 aknows that Kelt is a strong supporter of the arts and that New Britain has had a strong history of music programs throughout the district since the 1940s.a

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A Globe and Mail investigation found the Royal Ontario Museum is still owed $23-million in unpaid pledges left over from its 2003-2010 capital campaign. A Globe and Mail investigation found the Royal Ontario Museum is still owed $23-million in unpaid pledges left over from its 2003-2010 capital campaign.
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Donor policies imperative to capital campaigns, philanthropy head says

How do fundraisers find themselves a major donor?

How do fundraisers find themselves a major donor?

Securing transformational gifts from major donors is a main focus for many fundraisers. Taking the time to build a rapport with major donors and building trust can be the difference between intermittent giving and the fundraising Holy Grail of transformational gifts.

So, what did we learn? Yet soon after, we received feedback from the director of fundraising at a major charity who said that John Stone and Claudia Knights had “inspired” them to change their major donor fundraising strategy.

Maybe it’s time to take another look at how your organisation approaches its major donors.