# Fund-raising working group

Odile – Nubuke Foundation

Marion - Kër Thiossane

Diana – 705

(Gertrude – DOEN – Associate)

**WHAT FOR ?**

Fund-raising Working Group has to coordinate, strategize and facilitate contact and relation with external organizations to find  financial resources for AC Ecosystem and projects within AC ethical principles. The group will provide guidelines to member organisations to identify and harness potential funding sources within their own networks.

Fund-Raising Working group is not responsible for directly fundraising but will follow different leads that could become sources for the network or for projects within the network.

**GUIDELINES**

* Habitual process

**Within member’s network**

1. Every member organisation will present AC with identified possible funder.

They will always inform other fund-raising group members of discussion with potential funders.

Always make a small written report of meeting with potential reports and archive it in the website document section.

The Fund- raising working group will:

1. Identify potential funders from member’s resource maps.
2. Analyse the potential fundraising opportunity ie. In accordance with AC ethical principles1 or related to any practice.

In that sense emphasis will be put on finding financing or donors within the countries/regions that AC organisations are based to develop funding mechanisms acceptable with our ethos.

1. Develop rough guidelines on the different ways to establish relations with funders: when do they become part of the ecosystem, when do we work on a project together, when are they just outside funders?
2. Make available a revised AC Presentation and AC ethical principles.
3. Be abreast with local organisation negotiation with a potential funder.

In presenting negotiations back to the rest of the members :

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  * Open up a window for member’s feedback. \[2weeks]
  * If agreed, passed on to Administration group
    * Not agreed then-update guideline
  * If there are objection – Discussions to be organised
  * If stronger objection – Brought to assembly

1. Keep record of all decisions with each funder and AC members in negotiation.

We will identify potential options we have now and follow through.

We are the point of contact for external request about support.

We are point of contact for and will give guidelines for individual members so they can harness (exploit) their own potential networks.

Find potential funders to collaborate within the fields of:

Travel Technology

Residency Education

Regional/ Geographical Location Ecology

**RAISING FUNDS WITH EXTERNAL PUBLIC**

1. Identify and analyse the needs within AC ecosystem through resource map/projects.
2. Research and collate information about potential funders based on the needs identified.
3. Go to represent AC at international conferences.
4. Research and collate information on existing calls in region- share its in newsletter.
5. Consider other forms like sponsoring or selling our “tools’’ or our knowledge on “intercultural collaboration/radical imagination”.
6. Launch a Call for Donors to apply to fund AC.
7. Add a donation button on website.
8. Explore how to promote and present AC and sell art works at commercial art fairs.

**WHO DO WE NEED ?**

* AC representation
* Website updated with AC info and our programmes.
* TamTam : newsletter
* Admin group.
* Central repository (répertoire central).
* Resource map.

**WHAT ARE WE DEPENDENT ON ?**

. Legal entity : We need the entity registered or have some AC members functioning as legal entity for AC.

. AC Presentation : We will work with the AC Presentation team.

Website : We need an address for external communications . A place/ server / cloud to store our records.

. News : We will use guidelines from Communication team.

. Resources : Resource maps harnessed with funder identity available by region, interests , etc
