Sue Gardner, the outgoing Executive Director of Wikimedia, has just launched a brilliant and insightful mini-manifesto on fundraising; specifically, the disconnect between what we do and how we pay for it. (Vs. the for-profit sector, where what they do is how they pay for it.) As a fundraiser who works within an open culture, I… Continue reading The One-and-Only Thing Wrong with ‘What’s Wrong with Nonprofits’
Category: Pitch Geek
Rethinking Small Dollar Fundraising
Money-making As a non-profit, Mozilla has access to four types of revenue: grants, gifts, donations, and earned income. Our earned income streams come through Firefox, which leaves the other three – grants, gifts, and donations – to be driven by our fundraising strategy (the focus of this post). So far, and while we can always… Continue reading Rethinking Small Dollar Fundraising
Extending the Product Metaphor
<– Part II: Grants, Gifts & Donations Mozilla is an organization that builds and ships products. But our definition of ‘product’ extends beyond the piece of software or program – the widget – at its core. Building a product involves delivering on a brand promise. It means achieving stability, consistency, and permanence. It involves shaping… Continue reading Extending the Product Metaphor
Geoffrey MacDougall 