Fund raising for success - tutoring/mentoring in 2009-10?

I encourage you to read this blog article written by Richard Marker, who advises funders and philanthropists how to give more wisely and strategically, as an independent philanthropy advisor and also as a professor at NYU's Center for Philanthropy.

Marker writes, "The questions that funders should ask when looking at a grant request is not “how little” is needed to pull off a project but rather what is necessary for a project to succeed."

Thus, as you look at my sign, asking for donors to help fund the 2009-10 program, I encourage you to think about how much you want us to help kids in poverty connect with mentors and tutors, not just for one year, but for the many years it takes for a youth to become an adult, with a job, and starting a career.

Please become our partner in this process by providing the financial resources needed to operate Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection.

Thank you.