In this interview, I speak with Bill Snyder from Patchwork Heart Ministries – Young Catholics Respond on my personal journey of getting into fundraising for Catholic apostolates.
I explain what ignited my departure from a great professional career, how I helped my diocese raise millions, and then turned my attention to the pro-life movement, religious communities, and lay apostolates.
You will enjoy this interview as I explain how to fundraise for a Catholic cause in the 21st century, what you should avoid doing, and where the biggest opportunities are.
| Date: | 08/07/2020 |
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| Appearance: | Interview on Patchwork Heart Ministries – Young Catholics Respond |
| Outlet: | Patchwork Catholic Ministries - Young Catholics Respond |
| Location: | Lake Geneva, WI |
| Format: | Podcast |
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A few years ago, I earned my Masters in Theology to ground my approach when it comes to fundraising.
This time learning the roots of Catholicism has helped me tremendously make the right decisions.
Take, for example, the common fundraising strategy of list-renting or list-buying. When you rent someone’s list, you can contact the list of people, but you can’t see who they are. When you buy someone’s list, you acquire the list of people and can contact them as much as you like, but you don’t know who’s on the list in advance.
Therefore, the question is, should you be buying or renting lists?
I’ve thought about it a lot, and here’s my response.
I had an interesting question come in this week.
It was about being too afraid to ask for donations. How do I overcome my fear of asking people?
What do I do to gather the courage to build a campaign and fundraise for a mission? Here’s my answer:
Ever wonder what it’s like to raise funds for pro-life apostolates and religious communities?
Check out my interview on the Broken Spears podcast.
“With years of experience as a technology consult in cities throughout the world, Brice brought his gifts and talents to the Catholic world to support apostolates and give them the tools necessary to succeed through fundraising.”
Click this link to listen to the podcast.
| Date: | 07/14/2020 |
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| Appearance: | Interview on the Broken Spear Podcast |
| Format: | Podcast |
I see Catholic apostolates come across three common fundraising problems.
Well, these problems, you could call them stories. I say this because, too often, the fundraising problems you face are just stories you tell yourself.
Problem/Story #1 – Donors are “overtapped”. [otherwise known as ‘donor fatigue’]
Problem/Story #2 – People have money for everything except your apostolate.
Problem/Story #3 – People are struggling, but those you can afford to give more choose not to do so.
So with these problems (or stories) that seem to be everywhere, I figured that I would try to explain what’s really going on. Check it out: