Build stronger, more resilient youth organisations through effective fundraising, sound financial management and sustainable growth.
Funding and fundraising cannot be an overall goal for an organisation, but they can accompany organisational development, the valorisation of activities and their impact, and strong, effective communication. When all these elements are of high quality and in their proper place, funding and fundraising are a natural result of an organisation’s effort. This T-Kit explains most aspects of financial management and fundraising that a beginner or an experienced organisation must learn when it seeks to implement projects with a sound financial approach and to build its financial sustainability.
The structure can be adapted to financial actions by informal groups – just taking off and preparing for the first initiative or to those by organisations with a well-established structure, separate operational units, paid staff and a diverse portfolio of projects and activities embedded in the local, regional, national or international context. This T-Kit explains theory and concepts, and includes exercises and educational activities to learn, test and trial funding and financial management tools and methods and, in the process, build accountable, resilient and impactful youth and youth work organisations.
INTRODUCTION PART I – CONCEPTS AND BUILDING BLOCKS CHAPTER 1 – THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF FUNDRAISING
Fundraising is not a goal, it is a result!
Organisational development – valorisation – communication
CHAPTER 2 – FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Organisational level
Project level
Spending the money
Accounting for it
CHAPTER 3 – FUNDRAISING – SOURCES OF FUNDING
Own resources, revenues and fundraising from individuals
Financial and legal considerations
APPENDIX – HOW TO GET FUNDING – FURTHER TIPS
Public funding
Private funding
PART II – IT’S TIME FOR PRACTICE! CHAPTER 4 – EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES ABOUT THE AUTHORS