The greatest challenge for nonprofit sustainability today is not money, but relationships.
Money follows relationships.
Relationships follow value.
Saint Wall Street is helping grassroots programs across America build and sustain relationships that pay. Understanding that most grassroots programs lack budgets to afford conventional fundraising, we provide "Shoestring Sustainability" training and services that enable value-raising -- a more practical, affordable way to strengthen funding.
We’ll invest in those [programs] most likely to provide a good return on our taxpayer dollar.”
-President Obama
Sustainability starts with a compelling case for support, one that makes a program look as valuable as it is. The value-raising process that is an exclusive feature of our training simplifies assigning real dollar values (i.e., cost-benefits) to social-service outcomes. Grassroots programs can make a case that demonstrates the return on investment required today to justify grants proposals, develop "investor" relationships for new and larger grant awards, attract donors, partners, and volunteers, and secure financing for social-enterprise funding.
Did you know that getting off welfare a single parent with two children produces taxpayer savings of up to $55,866 per year!
Within just weeks of completing their Shoestring Sustainability training, some federally funded grassroots programs under the U.S. Health & Human Services Department's Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, reported:
- Supplemental grants funding from the federal agency
New state-level funding offers
Donor/volunteer development
Plans to generate earned income via a social-enterprise
To better assess the sustainability challenge faced by grassroots programs today, take The "S" Test.
Thinking about submitting a grant proposal? Visit Grantseeker Alert for must-know information.
