Earn money for your non-profit with Shop and Raise

As you may know, today marked the start of the online holiday shopping season. What better time to try a new service for non-profit organizations that allows you to raise money by letting your website visitors shop online? I found out about this site and just had to let all of my non-profit organizations know about it. All you need is a website.


About Shop & Raise
Private & Public Schools, Not-for-Profit's, Religious organizations, Sports teams, and PTAs are finally recognizing the magnitude of how traditional online purchasing can easily turn into their top producing fundraising program for the year - and for MANY years to come!

The Shop & Raise program has been designed to enable organizations with websites the unique opportunity to drive their families/members/supporters to THEIR website and offer them a place to support their cause, simply by doing what they do every day...shopping online!
Become active in the $200 Billion online retailing industry
Increase traffic to your website
Create an ongoing fundraising arm for your organization

This program requires absolutely no work on your part - the only implementation is for your web manager to place ONE LINE OF CODE onto your website and Moms-for-Profit manages the rest!

This program does not cost you one penny. It's FREE.If you're interested in creating this type of fundraising program for your organization contact us here! Feel free to click here and experience the ease of shopping from the Shop&Raise program. Don't just imagine it on your website - get it started now! Call today 1-877-792-7487

Fundraising Tips for December

Hope you are all enjoying the start to the holiday season. I just wanted to pass along some tips for increasing your fundraising:

• Engaging Your Board In Creating Sustainable FundingThis highly engaging free session, designed for board members and executive directors/CEOs, provides a formula for leaving a legacy of a stream of donors who will give for operations, capital, and endowment. Presenter: Terry Axelrod. Takes place Monday, Nov. 26, 4-6 PM, Lehrman Community Day School, 727 77th Street, Miami Beach, FL 33141.Click here to register or call Alaina Szlachta at (206) 709-9400 ext. 132 for details.
• Great article on writing a winning Letter of Interest at http://nonprofit.about.com/od/fundraising/a/LOI.htm
• Would you like to attract more sponsors? A new book tells you how: http://nonprofit.about.com/od/fundraising/fr/sponsor.htm?nl=1

Good luck, and as always, contact me at info@pegasuswriter if I can be of any grant writing or searching assistance.

Thank You

Lisa

Non-Profit Blogging/RFP Announcement

Consider a blog for your non-profit

If you don't have a blog for your non-profit organization, you are missing out on a tremendous, free opportunity for connecting with your supporters and raising money.

If you want to get started in blogging and don't know where to begin, contact me at pegasuslm@comcast.net for more information. Building blogs for customers is one of our new services at Pegasus Consulting Group, Inc.

RFP Announcement:

Miami Dade County Building Better Communities Historic Preservation Fund
The Request For Proposals for this fund will be made available on Monday, November 5, 2007. Please click here in order to be able to view and download the package.
A Historic Preservation Fund totaling $10 million will provide matching monies for eligible projects through grants to municipalities, organizations and individual property owners in the County for the purpose of rehabilitating historic sites and structures.

REMINDER:
Dade Community Foundation deadline November 15, 2007. Contact me to proof or edit your application.

Grant Search Service:

If you haven't seen a grant announcement that suits your organization, ask about our grant search service. email pegasuslm@comcast.net or call 305-984-0404.

Thanks
Lisa Merritt, President
Pegasus Consulting Group
pegasuslm@comcast.net

Children's Trust Bidders Conference

Bidders Conference for OOS Funding OpportunityA bidder's conference will be held Wednesday, Nov. 7 from 9:30 AM-12:30 PM for the RFP (request for proposals) for agencies that provide after-school and summer programs (OOS) for school-age children that are easily accessible and located geographically around Miami-Dade County. The conference will be held at Temple Israel, 137 NE 19th Street, Miami. Call: Emilio de la Cruz at (305) 571-5700 Ext. 227 or Click here to register.

Let me know if you'd like assistance info@pegasuswriter.com

Upcoming grants

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http://www.cintasfoundation.org/fellowships.htm <http://www.cintasfoundation.org/fellowships.htm>
Cintas Fellowships to Support Creative Artists of Cuban Lineage
The Cintas Foundation awards fellowships annually to creative artists of Cuban lineage who are currently residing outside of Cuba. For 2008, fellowships will be awarded in the categories of visual arts, music composition, and creative writing. The category of "visual arts" may include painting, installation art, sculpture, photography, video art, and filmmaking. Eligibility is limited to artists of Cuban citizenship or direct descent (having a Cuban parent or grandparent). Cintas may pursue their artistic activities as they wish. Fellowships are not awarded for academic study or research, or to performing artists. Award ceiling: $15,000. Application deadline: January 14, 2008.