Securing funding

It's the board's role to ensure there is enough money coming in for the organisation to operate effectively.

The very best place to go for help is Our Community's Funding Centre. The Funding Centre provides get information on grants and fundraising, including a grants database listing more than 2500 live grants at any one time, as well as help sheets and fundraising tools.

GiveNow.com.au is another good option for not-for-profit groups wanting to collect donations from supporters.

We will also posted below help sheets and articles dealing specifically with the board's role in fundraising.

Help sheets

• Getting your board on board for fundraising
• Mounting a fundraising strategy

Tools

• Funding Centre - Australia's best grants and fundraising hub (an Our Community enterprise)
• GiveNow.com.au - No or low cost online fundraising tools from Australia's first and best giving platform (an Our Community enterprise)

Articles

(Member-only content)

• Fundraisers: Top ways to refresh your fundraising model
• Money: Clean or dirty? How an effective due diligence process could save your organisation from making headlines for all the wrong reasons.