September 11, 2012
Hi all – Though I have written professionally in many different capacities, I can say that this is my first ever blog post. I am happy to have another avenue of communication with which to reach out to our chapters and individual members as fundraising for a national organization should never be a singular effort and additional voices, ideas and energies are welcome.
Each post from me will try to touch on different aspects of the development and fundraising effort taking place on behalf of VFP. If you find you have questions, ideas or suggestions about any given topic, please feel free to reach out to me at tammy@veteransforpeace.org. I will try to answer all questions quickly and am always willing to have a conversation if you would like to chat about a prospective idea for your chapter or national fundraising efforts.
As many of you may know, VFP tries to secure funds in a variety of ways, one of which is private foundation dollars. We have been fortunate to secure funding from an array of foundations, ranging from local community foundations, family foundations and foundations whose primary mission is to promote peace or activism efforts. However, many funders are a “one-shot deal”….after one or two gifts, we cannot apply again. That means we are always looking for new funders and individuals with contacts at foundations. If you have contacts at a foundation in any part of the United States, no matter how big or small, we would welcome an introduction and the opportunity to talk about the mission and work of Veterans For Peace. That introduction may open a very important door for us and your help in this effort would be greatly appreciated.
I would really like this blog to be an open line of communication, so please send me your comments and ideas. Thanks everyone…we’ll talk again soon.