Informing EWB’s Collective Fundraising Strategy for Collective Impact

The members of EWB's community (YOU!) play an instrumental role in EWB’s overall fundraising efforts every year through such channels as the Run to End Poverty, the Holiday Campaign, It Takes a Village, local events and sponsorships. This is one of the many ways you contribute to our overall success and an area in which we’d like to learn how to become more effective.

You can help shape EWB's fundraising strategy in the years ahead by filling out this survey.

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* 1. What part of EWB’s community do you primarily identify with?

Student chapter

City Network

Venture

Distributed Team

Alumni

National Office

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How much of your effort does each of the following EWB fundraising products take? Give each one a score from 1 to 5 (1 needing the least amount of effort and 5 needing the most amount of effort).

	1	2	3	4	5
Run to End Poverty	Run to End Poverty 1	Run to End Poverty 2	Run to End Poverty 3	Run to End Poverty 4	Run to End Poverty 5
It Takes a Village	It Takes a Village 1	It Takes a Village 2	It Takes a Village 3	It Takes a Village 4	It Takes a Village 5
Holiday Campaign	Holiday Campaign 1	Holiday Campaign 2	Holiday Campaign 3	Holiday Campaign 4	Holiday Campaign 5
Small Chapter-led events	Small Chapter-led events 1	Small Chapter-led events 2	Small Chapter-led events 3	Small Chapter-led events 4	Small Chapter-led events 5
Annual Chapter-led galas	Annual Chapter-led galas 1	Annual Chapter-led galas 2	Annual Chapter-led galas 3	Annual Chapter-led galas 4	Annual Chapter-led galas 5

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How effective do you find each of the following EWB fundraising campaigns in terms of money raised? Give each one a score from 1 to 5 (1 being the least effective and 5 being the most effective).

	1	2	3	4	5
Run to End Poverty	Run to End Poverty 1	Run to End Poverty 2	Run to End Poverty 3	Run to End Poverty 4	Run to End Poverty 5
It Takes a Village	It Takes a Village 1	It Takes a Village 2	It Takes a Village 3	It Takes a Village 4	It Takes a Village 5
Holiday Campaign	Holiday Campaign 1	Holiday Campaign 2	Holiday Campaign 3	Holiday Campaign 4	Holiday Campaign 5
Small Chapter-led events	Small Chapter-led events 1	Small Chapter-led events 2	Small Chapter-led events 3	Small Chapter-led events 4	Small Chapter-led events 5
Annual Chapter-led galas	Annual Chapter-led galas 1	Annual Chapter-led galas 2	Annual Chapter-led galas 3	Annual Chapter-led galas 4	Annual Chapter-led galas 5

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Forgetting for a second the current format of EWB’s fundraising campaigns, from your perspective, what is the most effective way you might raise funds for EWB? Give each one a score from 1 to 5 (1 being the least effective and 5 being the most effective).

	1	2	3	4	5
Individual donors	Individual donors 1	Individual donors 2	Individual donors 3	Individual donors 4	Individual donors 5
Peer to Peer campaigns	Peer to Peer campaigns 1	Peer to Peer campaigns 2	Peer to Peer campaigns 3	Peer to Peer campaigns 4	Peer to Peer campaigns 5
Events	Events 1	Events 2	Events 3	Events 4	Events 5
Grants & Sponsorships	Grants & Sponsorships 1	Grants & Sponsorships 2	Grants & Sponsorships 3	Grants & Sponsorships 4	Grants & Sponsorships 5

Other (please specify)

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* 5. How frequently would you ideally like to be involved in EWB’s fundraising campaigns?

Once a year

Twice a year

Three times a year

More than three times a year

Year round

Never

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* 6. Is this ideal frequency determined more by:

Your own bandwidth for fundraising

Your networks’ likelihood to give

Your team's ability to activate and complete campaigns

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Though some teams have had huge successes with the Run to End Poverty (R2EP) and the Holiday Campaign, overall revenues from both campaigns have been consistently going down every year since 2012. How likely do you think this downward trend is due to the following options? (Rank them by dragging the most likely reasons to the top)

	1	2	3	4	5
The community is tired of doing the same thing every year.	The community is tired of doing the same thing every year. 1	The community is tired of doing the same thing every year. 2	The community is tired of doing the same thing every year. 3	The community is tired of doing the same thing every year. 4	The community is tired of doing the same thing every year. 5
The amount of money raised through these campaigns doesn’t match the amount of energy required to organize them.	The amount of money raised through these campaigns doesn’t match the amount of energy required to organize them. 1	The amount of money raised through these campaigns doesn’t match the amount of energy required to organize them. 2	The amount of money raised through these campaigns doesn’t match the amount of energy required to organize them. 3	The amount of money raised through these campaigns doesn’t match the amount of energy required to organize them. 4	The amount of money raised through these campaigns doesn’t match the amount of energy required to organize them. 5
Donors are giving less because they don’t understand the impact of their donations.	Donors are giving less because they don’t understand the impact of their donations. 1	Donors are giving less because they don’t understand the impact of their donations. 2	Donors are giving less because they don’t understand the impact of their donations. 3	Donors are giving less because they don’t understand the impact of their donations. 4	Donors are giving less because they don’t understand the impact of their donations. 5
Donors are giving less because they are tapped too often for peer-to-peer campaigns.	Donors are giving less because they are tapped too often for peer-to-peer campaigns. 1	Donors are giving less because they are tapped too often for peer-to-peer campaigns. 2	Donors are giving less because they are tapped too often for peer-to-peer campaigns. 3	Donors are giving less because they are tapped too often for peer-to-peer campaigns. 4	Donors are giving less because they are tapped too often for peer-to-peer campaigns. 5

Other (please specify)

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* 8. We have been hearing from many EWBers that they would like to contribute more directly to EWB Ventures in Africa and in Canada. Last summer, we piloted a new approach through It Takes a Village to a) create stronger connections between EWB chapters and EWB Ventures and b) provide an avenue for chapters to contribute directly to the incubation of Ventures.

How successful would you say It Takes a Village has been at creating stronger connections between EWB chapters and EWB Ventures?

Very successful

Successful

Neutral

Not very successful

Failed

I don't know

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* 9. How successful would you say It Takes a Village has been at providing an avenue for chapters to contribute directly to the incubation of Ventures?

Very successful

Successful

Neutral

Not very successful

Failed

I don't know

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* 10. Since the summer of 2014, Chapters have contributed close to $110,000 to the It Takes a Village campaign and have been connected with the leaders of 19 EWB initiatives. How might we improve It Takes a Village in 2015?

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* 11. How valuable do you think each of the following engagement opportunities would be for Chapters AND Ventures?

	1	2	3	4	5
Intimate and Informal Skype conversation between Chapter members and Venture team	Intimate and Informal Skype conversation between Chapter members and Venture team 1	Intimate and Informal Skype conversation between Chapter members and Venture team 2	Intimate and Informal Skype conversation between Chapter members and Venture team 3	Intimate and Informal Skype conversation between Chapter members and Venture team 4	Intimate and Informal Skype conversation between Chapter members and Venture team 5
Attending an online "panel discussion" between different venture leaders	Attending an online "panel discussion" between different venture leaders 1	Attending an online "panel discussion" between different venture leaders 2	Attending an online "panel discussion" between different venture leaders 3	Attending an online "panel discussion" between different venture leaders 4	Attending an online "panel discussion" between different venture leaders 5
Skype conversation with Ventures to gather recent stories of impact to be published through EWB's communication channels	Skype conversation with Ventures to gather recent stories of impact to be published through EWB's communication channels 1	Skype conversation with Ventures to gather recent stories of impact to be published through EWB's communication channels 2	Skype conversation with Ventures to gather recent stories of impact to be published through EWB's communication channels 3	Skype conversation with Ventures to gather recent stories of impact to be published through EWB's communication channels 4	Skype conversation with Ventures to gather recent stories of impact to be published through EWB's communication channels 5
Learning about a challenge a Venture is facing and finding a campus connection that could help them address that challenge	Learning about a challenge a Venture is facing and finding a campus connection that could help them address that challenge 1	Learning about a challenge a Venture is facing and finding a campus connection that could help them address that challenge 2	Learning about a challenge a Venture is facing and finding a campus connection that could help them address that challenge 3	Learning about a challenge a Venture is facing and finding a campus connection that could help them address that challenge 4	Learning about a challenge a Venture is facing and finding a campus connection that could help them address that challenge 5

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Beyond money, how would you rate the impact of your fundraising activities on the following? (1 being not very impactful and 5 being highly impactful)

	1	2	3	4	5
Awareness building	Awareness building 1	Awareness building 2	Awareness building 3	Awareness building 4	Awareness building 5
Team building	Team building 1	Team building 2	Team building 3	Team building 4	Team building 5
Credibility/Visibility	Credibility/Visibility 1	Credibility/Visibility 2	Credibility/Visibility 3	Credibility/Visibility 4	Credibility/Visibility 5
Recruitment	Recruitment 1	Recruitment 2	Recruitment 3	Recruitment 4	Recruitment 5

Other (please specify)

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* 13. What is the most important way National Office can support EWBers in their fundraising efforts? (1 being the least effective and 5 being the most effective

	1	2	3	4	5
Providing regular impact updates	Providing regular impact updates 1	Providing regular impact updates 2	Providing regular impact updates 3	Providing regular impact updates 4	Providing regular impact updates 5
Providing great communications materials (other than impact updates)	Providing great communications materials (other than impact updates) 1	Providing great communications materials (other than impact updates) 2	Providing great communications materials (other than impact updates) 3	Providing great communications materials (other than impact updates) 4	Providing great communications materials (other than impact updates) 5
Sharing fundraising best-practices	Sharing fundraising best-practices 1	Sharing fundraising best-practices 2	Sharing fundraising best-practices 3	Sharing fundraising best-practices 4	Sharing fundraising best-practices 5
Providing fundraising trainings to members	Providing fundraising trainings to members 1	Providing fundraising trainings to members 2	Providing fundraising trainings to members 3	Providing fundraising trainings to members 4	Providing fundraising trainings to members 5

Other (please specify)

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* 14. On an annual basis, how much might you PERSONALLY be able to fundraise for EWB's overall operations, beyond the fundraising you already do to cover your team's local operations?

$0-$100

$100-$500

$500-$1,000

$1,000-$2,000

$2,000-$5,000

$5,000+

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* 15. On an annual basis, how much might your CHAPTER/VENTURE/DT be able to fundraise for EWB's overall operations, beyond the fundraising you already do to cover your team's local operations?

$0-$100

$100-$500

$500-$1,000

$1,000-$2,000

$2,000-$5,000

$5,000+

Comments

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* 16. What percentage of chapter revenues do you think CURRENTLY contributes to EWB’s global operations?

0-10%

10-20%

30-40%

50-60%

60-70%

80-90%

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* 17. What percentage of chapter revenues do you think SHOULD contribute to EWB’s global operations?

0-10%

10-20%

30-40%

50-60%

60-70%

80-90%

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* 18. What time of the year are you likely to be most effective at fundraising? (Order them by dragging the most effective time of the year to the top and the others below it)

September – October

November – December

January – March

April – June

July - August

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* 19. What other input do you think would be useful to us as we evaluate our fundraising strategies moving forward? Feel free to include any feedback as well as new fundraising ideas we could consider piloting.