The foundation development-as-in-fundraising team have been working to set up a public-facing Mozilla gear store. Our current hope is to have it live for mid-December 2013. TL’DR: The vendors have been reviewed and selected (Treehouse and Shopify), the business plan is almost done, the cost expenditure has been approved, and the 3rd-party vendor bugs for… Continue reading Quick Update on MozGear Store!
Update on Anniversary Dinos
Earlier in the spring, we ran a donations campaign providing a ‘last chance’ to receive a Mozilla dino plushie. We were recently notified by the manufacturer of a small issue in the production, which I wanted to explain here. Due to the positioning of the seam between the neck and the body, the last ‘fin’… Continue reading Update on Anniversary Dinos
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
Geoffrey MacDougall 