How to find local “angels” to support your projects and match mission with money

Published: Wed, 03/17/21


Today, I want to zoom in on one aspect of this process:

How do you find “angels” to create a “beautiful network of support”?

How do you match mission with money?

The quick answer:

Just start locally.

Here is how John did it:

“I found local ‘angels’ who could be part of the Fresh Air project. 

One contributed the pick-up truck with the glass cube…

I went to a hospital equipment company and they provided the mask for breathing, and the tubes, and these sophisticated filter and valve systems to exhale the carbondioxide and inhale the oxygen back in.

It was a beautiful network of support.”

So what John suggests is this:

“When you’re conceiving a project, really connect in your hearts with what the mission of your plan is. What is the mission, the message? 

Then with that heart-oriented motivation, already in our minds we are connecting to other people - people we might not even know of. Through the altruistic imagination, we can brainstorm who to ask for support. 

There is money, there are resources, there is funding, there are in-kind services… that are looking for your mission, your dream.

So the more passion, the more immersion you have in your project, that’s like the fuel and the engine that will enable you to find the right connections, to match mission with money.”

But once you find these local angels, how do you actually ask them for money? What do you write to them in your request letter?

Next week, I’m offering a free training on how to get patrons and sponsors who are interested in funding your specific projects. You should come.

Grab your spot, grab your coffee and see you on on Monday at 1:00 pm EST:

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You will walk away knowing exactly how to frame the dream you have using what I call the Ilia and Emilia Kabakov technique so that it gets funded. (Even in a pandemic)
Brainard


PS: There will be a replay, but only for subscribers who register. So I recommend clicking that link even if you can’t make it to the live session.