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By Jeneve Brooks and Mary Hanson Harrison
Development Committee
May 2023
As WILPF US’ Development Team, we are hard at work seeking to raise money to keep WILPF US alive and thriving. Specifically, WILPF US Development Steward Mary Hanson Harrison is piloting a new fundraising project, “Lighting the Way: Your WILPF Legacy,” encouraging WILPF members to set up legacy donations as well as to consider becoming recurring donors. Jeneve Brooks, WILPF US Development Coordinator, is reaching out to new prospective major donors, working on our end of year and spring appeals, and is also meeting with issue committees to develop grant proposals to support our work.
We need more WILPFers to sign up for recurring monthly donations to help ensure our legacy. There are four main benefits to giving monthly:
1. Convenient for you!
Once a monthly donation is set up, you do not have to think about it. You will not be hit at the end of the year, seeking to balance your contributions to other organizations along with a gift to WILPF. It will be deducted automatically from your account.
2. Good for WILPF!
Just like a family does a monthly and yearly budget, it is of great help to WILPF to be able to build a solid, reliable foundation for the twenty-first century.
3. Inspiring!
Studies show that in membership organizations like WILPF, recurring monthly donors feel more connected to the work and it inspires them to know that their contributions are making a difference.
4. Inspired member, Laura Dewey! Laura focuses her legacy on seeing that the Detroit Branch thrives and has just increased her monthly donation. View her video here and YOU will be inspired!
To set up recurring donations, click here. Then follow the first prompt under: DONATE ONLINE directly to WILPF US.
As it reads on the website:
A RECURRING MONTHLY DONATION TO WILPF US
The gift of predictable monthly income supports sustained activism in any given month, to enable longer range planning. Mark your donation as a recurring donation.
Any questions or ideas, please contact us! We’d love to hear from you!
If you have any questions or other ideas regarding raising money for WILPF US, please feel free to reach out to Mary Hanson Harrison at HARRISON0607@msn.com or Jeneve Brooks at wilpfus.jenevebrooks@gmail.com.
