1. Asha West Coast Conference Labor Day Weekend 2008 Seattle, WA

2. Team 2008-10 Vision To expand our fundraising capabilities in alignment to AfE core values. Team 2008-10 Mission We will do this…with your support! Read on…

3. Firstly… Fundraising is a tough job!

4. How?  Partner with other NGOs/NPOs/Social Organizations  Partner with the Media  Partner with Small Business Enterprises  Partner with Corporate Organizations Build an Unbeatable Network!

5. How? (Contd.)  Think Sustainable  Think Corporate Social Responsibility  Think Long Term Big Picture  Think Outside the Box  Think Grassroots Everyone wants to help make a difference in today’s world…

6. Some of our Direct Supporters so Far…  Make My Trip  Citibank  Bharat Matrimony  Net IP  Local Regional and Cultural Organizations  Small businesses such as Travel Agents, Restaurants, Realtors, Cinemas etc.  Private Donors

7. Not to forget our Matching Donors…

8. The Grants Story…  Enjoyed success with quite a number of grants to date but can do better  Efforts ongoing at Chapter level, unknown till Grant has been won and publicized  Several potential Grants for Education specific projects passing by due to Volunteer band- width/leadership issues  Follow up with Grant partner for repeat funding is insignificant currently

9. Corporations donate through:  A company-sponsored foundation,  A corporate giving program,  Or both

10. Foundation vs. giving programs?  Company-sponsored foundations report to the IRS annually by means of Form 990-PF.Form 990-PF  Corporate giving programs, need no disclosure.  Corporate giving programs are often managed by a company's community or public relations departments.

11. What's ours to lose … Estimated foundation giving for children and youth

12. Distribution of Corporate grants nationally

13. Geographical sources of $

14. Top 10 Foundations that gave Grants in 2000

15. Statistics & References  Source: Children & Youth Funding Update, The Foundation Center, 2002.  Based on a sample of 1,015 larger foundations giving out ~ 120,000 grants of $10,000 or more

16. The Good News…  Asha wide Grants team being set up to : a. Consolidate Grant writing efforts b. Build expertise that could be leveraged  Individual chapters can pursue independently too  High budget and/or Long term projects to be prioritized for Grant endorsements  Valuable experience available at Chapter level and Asha wide level to make a huge difference

17. Potential Grants this year…  Going back to our Previous Grant givers e.g.: Yahoo, E-Bay etc.  Cargill  Bernard Van Leer  William and Flora Hewlett Foundation  Intel & IBM (matching volunteer hours)

18. The Hard Talk… Our biggest challenge for Publicity and Fundraising often times lies within our organization…and so…

19. How you can Help  Work with us to rope in Partner Organizations including Corporates and Media  Give us authorization to use General Admin Funds towards Publicity year round (WAH, Notes of Hope, Team Asha etc.)  Everyone of us is a PR rep so let us use that skill better (Blog about Asha, Have a cool email signature, talk about it with Friends)

20. We want to hear from you: Alivia Chakraborty (Ashawide Publicity Director) pr@ashanet.org 503-707-2244 Preeti Parthasarathy (Ashawide Fundraising Director) fundraising@ashanet.org 626-241-3867

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