[Foundation-l] fundraising - Wikimedia-l

10 Jun 2006

A list of suggestions, kindly sent offling by one of our participant and 
reworked to suit our organisation.

I'd like that these are taken into account by the Foundraising committee 
(the job of the Fundraising committee is not only to raise money in 
summer 2006, but also to organise sustainable Fundraising practices.

Spend no more than 35% of related contributions on fund raising. Related 
contributions include donations, legacies, and other gifts received as a 
result of fund raising efforts.
-->Compute and publish the cost of fundraising per year

Address privacy concerns of donors by providing a clear, prominent and 
easily accessible donor privacy policy that tells donors (i) what 
information, if any, is being collected about them and how this 
information will be used, (ii) how to contact us to review personal 
information collected and request corrections, (iii) how to inform us 
(e.g., a check off box) that the donor does not wish his/her personal 
information to be shared outside the organization, and (iv) what 
security measures we have in place to protect personal information.

Clearly disclose how we benefit from the sale of products (cafepress) 
that state or imply that the Foundation will benefit from a consumer 
sale or transaction. Such promotions should disclose, at the point of 
solicitation:
*the actual or anticipated portion of the purchase price that will 
benefit WMF (e.g., 5 cents will be contributed to Foundation for every 
xyz company product sold. Make that be not only on the official webshop, 
but only any related product sold by a local associaton (in this case, 
list the product and mention the benefit goes to the local association)
*the duration of the campaign (e.g., the month of October),
*any maximum, minimum or average contribution amount. Which benefit may 
be obtained from giving over 1000 dollars, over 10 000 dollars etc...

Respond promptly to and act on complaints brought to its attention about 
fund raising practices (OTRS essentially).

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising
On this page, the paragraph ''how your donation will help" is badly 
outdated (some of the links go to pages which are no more active).