New and enthusiastic fundraising staff in their efforts to raise funds for the organization may unintentionally end up doing things that can adversely affect the organization like bombarding emails everywhere with donation requests. This can harm the reputation of your organization.
Below are some things that should never be done in a good fundraising job:
- DO NOT post random one or two-line messages on websites and online forums, requesting donations or funds. This is a bad practice and gives a negative impression about your organization.
- DO NOT send or forward tonnes of emails to donor agencies asking for funds pointlessly.
- DO NOT respond to scam emails that promise money or lottery funds – these are dangerous traps laid online to cheat users. Just ignore such messages and NEVER respond to them. Remember, no donor will offer money to your organization without seeing your work.
- DO NOT copy proposals from other organizations and sending them. Although you can use proposals made by others as references, do not copy them. It will spoil the reputation of your organization tremendously especially when
- DO NOT send unrelated funding queries or unsolicited proposals. It is not a good idea to request funds for human rights awareness from a donor that only provides grants for livestock development.
- DO NOT keep posting your bank account details online hoping that there will be donations dropping in it. Nobody will donate your organization by seeing just your back account. In fact, displaying your bank details can expose you to scammers who can exploit this information against your organization’s interest.
