Convincing a donor to give to your nonprofit is a tricky business, and it’s getting harder all the time. Now more than ever nonprofits are struggling for funding amid growing competition and decreasing available dollars. It has become harder and harder to stand out and recruit donors. These days, donors, especially major ones, are less likely to give because an organization “does good work” and more likely to give because an organization provides a solution to a social problem the donor cares about.
Which is why every nonprofit needs a compelling Case for Support. Our newest Social Velocity Step-by-Step Guide, helps you create your nonprofit’s Case for Support.
This new environment requires those nonprofits that want to continue to attract and grow philanthropic support create a compelling argument for why a donor should give to them. Driven by a thoughtful combination of data and emotion, a good Case for Support can help you communicate and connect with your target donors much more effectively.
Our Case for Support Guide is organized into the 8 sections of a Case for Support:
1. The Community Need
2. Our Solution
3. Why Us
4. Our Impact
5. Financial Model
6. Strategic Direction
7. Resources Required
8. Social Return on Investment
In each section of the guide there is a series of questions. Your answers to these questions become the basis of your final Case for Support. But your Case for Support cannot be written in just a day, by one or two people. You will need to get feedback and insight from staff and board. And you’ll need to gather data to make your Case for Support stronger. This work will take time, so it may be a few weeks or months before you have a final Case for Support that is compelling, convincing and agreed upon by the organization as a whole.
A good Case for Support is an increasingly critical part of any fundraising campaign. You must be clear about why someone should give to your organization. Because if you don’t know, how will they?
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