Fundraising for Progressive Groups
Endowment funds, to operate off of dividends
Memorial funds that people give to in memory of a loved one. Which also yields dividends.
Affiliate Marketing, or getting paid to advertise for other organizations and businesses, such as AMAZON.
Credit Card [aka "Affinity Card"] with a bank. True, progressives won't want to support a rapacious bank or bad actor. I have not seen the name of UMB Bank linked to scandals, and they have a program that allows a non-profit to get their logo on a credit card and make some money. You can find that here:
http://www.cardpartner.com/affinity
If you don’t like banks, your group may be able to share in proceeds from a card issued by Working Assets, now called CREDO:
http://www.workingassets.com/CreditCard/Default.aspx
The catch is that the proceeds are shared among a list of recipients who are nominated and voted upon. The list of recipients has already been compiled for 2013, but the process will be repeated for following years, allowing other recipients to be chosen in the future.
Mutual Funds
If you are willing to invest in the markets, it is possible for like-minded non-profits to band together for mutual dividend benefit. It has already been done by environmentalists:
Green Century Fund
http://www.greencentury.com/about
So it makes sense that progressive groups also could band together and create a "Progressive Century Fund."
The following are merchandisers who will put your logo on their products and then take and fill orders for that branded product. The nonprofit gets some of the proceeds.
http://www.fieldhouse.com/Logo-Web-Stores.asp?AC=
http://www.visability.com/services.html
There is even an "E-Bay" for nonprofit organizations:
http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/BiddingForGood.action
They present some interesting auction concepts, such as "Breakfast with ....." as an auction item.
This is some of what we can do in the U.S. I think it likely that similar arrangements can be created in other countries.
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