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This report discusses the trends and patterns of funding for organizations in South Africa that address gender-based violence. Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a pressing concern in South Africa, with levels of rape, domestic violence and femicide unabated during its fourteen years of democracy.

An overview of fifteen different revenue sources is provided, as well as information on online tools, a step-by-step guide to developing new revenue sources and an analysis tool to measure strengths and limitations in the area of fund development.

This toolkit from RoadMap uses comic book style images and superhero themes to help support social justice organizations with strategic online communications.

This resource provides guidance on how to combine strong data with inspiring stores to demonstrate your organization's full impact and create a compelling case for support.

This resource provides tips and recommendations for how to make your grant proposal stand out from others and assure you create a document that is well written, informative and engaging, with tips for each section of the proposal.

Grassroots fundraising efforts can be a valuable tool for diversifying funding sources, building community investment in your organization, and developing grassroots leadership. This guide from RoadMap offers responses to some of the most commonly asked questions about grassroots fundraising.

If an organization's board has members who are uncomfortable about helping raise money, this short article provides easy suggestions for activities that every board member can do to help with fundraising efforts.

There are numerous different methods that can help organizations successfully build a donor base. The NH Center for Nonprofits offers this excellent overview of the types of fundraising in an easy-to-read pdf document on their website Nonprofit Next.

Using case studies, useful interviews and free resources, this guide illustrates how social media provides an invaluable and underused set of tools that can facilitate the fundraising process, from identifying potential new donors and cultivating relationships to ultimately making the ask and saying thank you.

This framework identifies eight priority areas in which UNFPA should strategically direct programming to address gender based violence.

Professional grant writers use clear, specific language to focus the reader’s attention, and to persuade the reader to fund their proposal. Learning to write successful grant proposals is no small task, but the writing process can become easier with practice and awareness of a few common missteps. This page from Purdue University offers a helpful introduction to writing a successful grant proposal.

For organizations who don’t have much grassroots fundraising experience or development staff dedicated to fundraising, it’s difficult to know where to start or how to stand out in this competitive fundraising environment. This article outlines a few simple tips on how social justice organizations can make the most of their end of the year fundraising.