How to Ask for Donations Without Sounding Desperate (or Robotic)
The number one reason people give is that they were asked. The craft is asking so the donor feels powerful rather than pestered, whatever the channel and whatever the gift size.
Asking for Donations
How to ask for donations in person, in writing and online, with letter templates you can adapt.
Donation Request Letter Templates You Can Steal (Legally)
Four letters with line-by-line commentary: warm individuals, local businesses, corporate sponsors and in-kind asks. A template gives you the skeleton; only your charity can supply the pulse.
Grant Writing for Beginners: How to Write Applications That Get Funded
Grant-makers are donors with paperwork, and unlike individual donors they publish what they want. Fit beats prose, and eight well-matched applications beat forty generic ones every year.