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More Money This Year, Part III
The Prize
In this series we follow Jackie, an Executive Director, committed to end her organization's pattern of needing emergency funding appeals every year. Her work for change includes three phases: clarity of vision (Part I), an understanding of where she is now (Part II), and a bridge she designs and builds to link the two (this step, Part III). 7. Bridge The Gap. The bridging the gap step is key to your efforts to earn more funds next year. How will you move from here to the place you seek? What strategies will you use; that is, what frameworks for decision-making will set the nature and direction of your work? What specific actions must be done to move toward your vision? To complete this step, determine a sequence of events that moves you from where you are now to the income you seek. You cannot successfully assign this to a committee, although a committee's advice can help. Personally write a sequence of achievable and realistic steps that are needed. After her preparations, Jackie outlines a triple approach to reach the three percent funding increase established earlier. She decides to close the funding gap with one-percent funding increase in: 1. Individual fundraising 2. Fees for services, and 3. Grants that help them streamline operations. 8. Reality Test. Check The Plan. Will the bridge to your vision really bring you to your desired destination? Or, are you building a bridge to nowhere? Read the rest of the article here. . . More Non-profit Funding Resources For more help with creating dynamic strategies, see Month By Month, the Strategic Organization.To learn which tools you need in your funding tool kit, read Want Money: Karen's Basic Tool Kit for the New Year. To dig deeper into the nonprofit funding opportunities, buy the Money-tastic series here. | 
