Trying to be Charitable Sure Costs You!

I hear ya! I actually just started my own non-profit! It's a charity that raises money for animal rescue organizations. We have a website if you'd like to learn more http://www.rosiesanimalhouse.org We've just started to get some donations in! And we're about to start some major fundraising so we can get really get the organization up and running! If you need a lot more money than you have to get started, there are grants out there you can apply for to get the money to start your non-profit! Here is some information on how to get grants and such. It's specifically about funding for animal welfare organizations, but it can be a great starting to point for any non-profit organization http://petfoster.org/funding.html I know around here where I live there are colleges that offer a certification program in Non-Profit management. In the program you learn Board Relationships, Evaluation, Finance, Fund Raising, Human Resources, Information Technology, Leadership and Management, Legal Issues, Marketing and Public Relations, Organizational Development, and Volunteer Management. It might be a great resource if you're serious about starting your own non profit. Especially if you're trying to figure out just how to get started!

It is a shame that everything anymore seems to cost so much. It is so hard to get things done like you would want too do to expense. Especially when it comes to ideas that in the long run might help someone out more as well. But you might want to consider writing up a proposal of what you are wanting to do, and hoping to accomplish and then find places that are willing to help you out with those as well. It sounds like an interesting task indeed.

That's the problem with those kinds of things. It takes money to start them, and it takes money to maintain them, so how much of the money collected really goes to the organization the charity is supposed to support? I wish there was a better way to raise money for such good causes.

de ja vu... didn't I respond to this one before? Weird. Yeah, unfortunately, it's hard as hades, it seems, to find the means to make this world a better a place--be a do-nothing or a social vampire--that's easy enough, heck you can even find social programs to help you out in doing nothing but milking off the system, but to actually try to do something that makes a difference you find that no one wants to spare you the time, the money, an interested ear, any resources, or any assistance. Okay, I'm not trying to be glum here, but I agree it is hard. Take just giving money to charity for example. I'm frustrated because I gave to one or two causes, and then someone sold my phone number! I've got charities I've never heard of asking for money. Or take trying to do something that REALLLLLY matters, like something political--"bring the troops home!" you might holler, or "audit the fed" or "fix our country first"--I mean something, what ever your political leaning that makes sense, is positive, is pragmatic,and really would make the world a better place--and the sheeple so complacent in the status quo will, at best, laugh at you, or at worst, outright attack you for being un-American/bigoted/ignorant/unrealistic/crazy/naive/etc. so, yeah, making a difference is tough no matter how you look at it.