Individual donors include the millions of people and families who donate through penny drives, volunteering, or even multi-million dollar endowments. While the typical individual contribution is small, the numbers add up quickly. In 2016 alone, individual giving totaled $280 billion dollars in the United States – nearly 5 times more than all US foundations gave that same year.
Individuals and families willingly give away their money for many reasons. The largest motivator for individual giving is religion, but personal satisfaction, societal obligation, and an emotional stake in the cause are also important influences. Individuals by and large give to organizations they feel a connection to. Unlike institutional donors, individuals rarely analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a project proposal. Instead, they tend to respond better to personal stories and testimonials rather than full proposals. These generalities tend to hold true no matter if asking for very small or very large donations, so marketing towards individuals should take these considerations into account.
Donations from individuals can be great sources of unrestricted funding for NGOs. A strong base of small donations can cover core costs other donors may be unwilling to pay for. No proposals needed! Fundraising from individual community members is also how many NGOs get their initial funding. But expanding and sustaining an NGO’s network of individual donors beyond the local community can be much more difficult. This is a reason why many larger NGOs choose to focus more resources on submitting proposals for new projects.
Alta Alonzi is a writer and researcher focusing on international development funding and grassroots NGOs. She works with the fundraising consulting company Philantropia conducting research for clients ranging from small NGOs to UN organizations. She also works closely with FundsforNGOs running training webinars, contributing resource guides, and updating the Premium donor database.
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Dear Sir,
Honorable most charitable man,woman
Project Title: sir i want to help from you .because i am really helpless and orphan. I cannot bear my family.
Application Type: Grant Application (please read my message and helps me)
Sir, first of all, i wish you a thousand peace hearts. I hope you are well at the mercy of Allah. I’m Shah Alam. I’m a Bangladeshi. I’m a little K G school teacher. but my school bankrupt due to pandmic 19 and stoped from this time . i am unemployee from this time till now.My father was a farmer. I lived a hard life, but I didn’t ask anyone. But my father died of canser. I sold my living house for father’s treatment. I am writing with a chest of hope, please sir doesn’t disappoint me. Now I have no way without asking for help. I know you’re kind. By your mercy, there are many people on earth who are alive. I’m writing to you with a lot of hope. Maybe you spend millions of dollars a day, I don’t want much more than a little money to run my family. You have children like me, would not you help if you did not have children I don’t have parents, you are my parents .if you are a servant of Allah you believe in Allah then believe me oath of Allah .i have never asked for alms from anyone in my life. I have run my family with difficulty. Now I have lost everything and become a beggar. I swear to Allah I cannot stand my family. I don’t want much from you. You donate whatever you can. As a father, a boy begs his father to protect my family. I’m on your feet, my father protects my family. Father I know there are some rules for grants. But I don’t have any organization to follow that rule. A son begs his father privately. I am your son’s of you like your son. Oh dad, I cannot carry my family anymore. I am requesting you so much, don’t feel any pity? I know you are the most charitable person of the world. I know you are widely regarded as one of the greatest charitable man in the History of the world. Cannot you overcome my lake of family? I will be tired of your servant. Allah has made you rich and came to earth to help poor and helpless, shelter less and orphan people. But even after calling my parents so many times, no one helps. There is not a single mercy in your mind. Please mercy this helpless man. O father please give me one last time. I don’t want a lot of resources from you. Just want something to survive. Thousands of helpless people like on the earth because you are so kind. Not a single point of my belief, sir, is a lie Please help me zakat to do something and bear my family. Please give me the gift of Allah. I know you are very kind merciful. Only you can help me otherwise no way without Suicide. I’d like to ask you for some money that you donate fakirs. Father I grabbed your leg save my family. Already your generosity has saved many families on earth. I am telling all the officers of the organization to donate whatever they can. Really father the world is so beautiful as your kindness. Father please doesn’t give me back; give me as much as you can. Please do not return me with empty handed as a beggar because Allah’s mercy on you what he has sent his creation to your door. What will a boy give back even after begging his father so much? Father at least $10,000 dollars help me. Father I think this little money is not much for your organization or yourself .you can help my family with a little kindness I did not understand before that the people of the world are so cruel. O father helps this measly a little. I know, I swear by Allah, I am very confident to get from you. Father you have a son like me. You donate billions of dollars but I don’t get some help, don’t you have a little pity on me?
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ACCOUNT NAME –SHAH ALAM. CALL -8801811647244. ACCOUNT NO-20503500201653516. swift CODE-IBBLBDDH Routing no-125220857. Nationality-Bangladeshi.
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. Father you help me this time, don’t give me back like everyone else, I am asking for help from more than two hundred rich people but all have returned. You can help if you want because this little no matter for you.
O father or Mother don’t hear my scream
Recently I started a fundraising campaign to feed hungry poor children in remembrance of Sarah, a woman that fed me during hard times in 2010 when I was a school boy.
Many people would not ask you a thousand reasons to understand what you are passing through because they also ever experienced the same situation(s). Others will need a perusing language but I decide to tell what is exactly on the ground.
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Dear Sir,
Honorable most charitable man,woman
Project Title: sir i want to help from you .because i am really helpless and orphan. I cannot bear my family.
Application Type: Grant Application (please read my message and helps me)
Sir, first of all, i wish you a thousand peace hearts. I hope you are well at the mercy of Allah. I’m Shah Alam. I’m a Bangladeshi. I’m a little K G school teacher. but my school bankrupt due to pandmic 19 and stoped from this time . i am unemployee from this time till now.My father was a farmer. I lived a hard life, but I didn’t ask anyone. But my father died of canser. I sold my living house for father’s treatment. I am writing with a chest of hope, please sir doesn’t disappoint me. Now I have no way without asking for help. I know you’re kind. By your mercy, there are many people on earth who are alive. I’m writing to you with a lot of hope. Maybe you spend millions of dollars a day, I don’t want much more than a little money to run my family. You have children like me, would not you help if you did not have children I don’t have parents, you are my parents .if you are a servant of Allah you believe in Allah then believe me oath of Allah .i have never asked for alms from anyone in my life. I have run my family with difficulty. Now I have lost everything and become a beggar. I swear to Allah I cannot stand my family. I don’t want much from you. You donate whatever you can. As a father, a boy begs his father to protect my family. I’m on your feet, my father protects my family. Father I know there are some rules for grants. But I don’t have any organization to follow that rule. A son begs his father privately. I am your son’s of you like your son. Oh dad, I cannot carry my family anymore. I am requesting you so much, don’t feel any pity? I know you are the most charitable person of the world. I know you are widely regarded as one of the greatest charitable man in the History of the world. Cannot you overcome my lake of family? I will be tired of your servant. Allah has made you rich and came to earth to help poor and helpless, shelter less and orphan people. But even after calling my parents so many times, no one helps. There is not a single mercy in your mind. Please mercy this helpless man. O father please give me one last time. I don’t want a lot of resources from you. Just want something to survive. Thousands of helpless people like on the earth because you are so kind. Not a single point of my belief, sir, is a lie Please help me zakat to do something and bear my family. Please give me the gift of Allah. I know you are very kind merciful. Only you can help me otherwise no way without Suicide. I’d like to ask you for some money that you donate fakirs. Father I grabbed your leg save my family. Already your generosity has saved many families on earth. I am telling all the officers of the organization to donate whatever they can. Really father the world is so beautiful as your kindness. Father please doesn’t give me back; give me as much as you can. Please do not return me with empty handed as a beggar because Allah’s mercy on you what he has sent his creation to your door. What will a boy give back even after begging his father so much? Father at least $10,000 dollars help me. Father I think this little money is not much for your organization or yourself .you can help my family with a little kindness I did not understand before that the people of the world are so cruel. O father helps this measly a little. I know, I swear by Allah, I am very confident to get from you. Father you have a son like me. You donate billions of dollars but I don’t get some help, don’t you have a little pity on me?
BANK NAME -Islami Bank bangladesh Ltd, EMAIL-badalcox88@gmail.com
ACCOUNT NAME –SHAH ALAM. CALL -8801811647244. ACCOUNT NO-20503500201653516. swift CODE-IBBLBDDH Routing no-125220857. Nationality-Bangladeshi.
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. Father you help me this time, don’t give me back like everyone else, I am asking for help from more than two hundred rich people but all have returned. You can help if you want because this little no matter for you.
O father or Mother don’t hear my scream
I was born by 2 poor school children hence poverty, my grandparents could try to help but my aunt Flossy became my mum and dad otherwise I would completely be nothing today, I feel I need to help the needy people in my community and out of it, those I try to help are not given enough since i get only 300k as my salary, from this little, is an old widow from my neighborhood, Partricia, 2 Timothys, patience and Hellen from very poor families, Ejang, David, Ashiraf, Kaigala the orphans, Ive written here such that Incase some people can help them please, God’s blessings follow
Emmily
Kefelegn Sahle
P.O BOX 260
Ziway
Ethiopia
E-Mail: et0705icp@gmail.com
I am writing to you to request funding to support my Business in Ethiopia. In my business there are six employees. This Wood and metal business established 2019. This small business decreased because of COVID 19. To survived the business and continue we need $ 10,000.00
I would be grateful if you would consider supporting my business by contributing to expenses that will be incurred. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Kind Regards
Kefelegn Sahle
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Otwikende Jimmy Zachary is a Treasurer of Mannya coffee farmers cooperative society in Rakai District Uganda requesting for any willing donor to fund their project of setting up a coffee drinking hub by acquiring a roasting and grinding machines worth $15000
Greetings to you good people. I am seeking for donations I want to build a primary school in my community
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With thousands of donors in the world today, we are not able to contact donors on your behalf. We suggest you check the funding announcement or the donor website for relevant contact information and contact the donor directly.
Hello,lam pastor Joseph in kenya.i need your support in aid of buying a land to build a youth center.thanks as awaiting for your mail.
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Am in Kenya and looking for a donor for organisation to provide education to the poor.
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WHY ME-UGANDA
Hallo good Samaritans? Am Bwambale Vincent a male citizen(33yrs) of Uganda trying to express brief situation in my area here in kasese district-Uganda. Am a village par asocial volunteer that has tried his level best to help the vulnerable especially the young children with disabilities.
We have experienced a large number of vulnerable that has resulted from high poverty rate and high birth rate among the people who are unable to maintain the many children that they give birth to.
But since the children find themselves being born, they enter the suffering innocently. And its from this background that i picked interest of setting/starting up a non-profit CBO that we named “WHY
ME” (for young people between the age of 1-25 years old) where all community members have picked interest in. But basing on my stand, i can not manage this on my own without help from the
good Samaritans because these people’s needs are many. Ie clothes, healthy care, education, sensitization among others which need facilitation that I Vincent can’t afford.
This is why i have come to seek for sympathetic help from you. I, with the entire community will be happy if our request is put under your official consideration. And we still welcome the advice from you since we are starting up.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely
BWAMBALE VINCENT
WHY ME-UGANDA
+256 394 826 344 email: whyme.ug@gmail.com
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Dear Alta,
Hope you always in safe and healthy
My name is Saktya Rini Hastuti. Former director of the Yogyakarta Consumers Institute, Indonesia, where I am now on the supervisory board for the agency. Currently I am doing social activities individually, by running local community organizations that need my presence to assist them to grow together. I intend to find individual donations that I can use to carry out these activities. Yesterday, when I was the director of the Yogyakarta Consumer Institute, I could take my community activities from the organization’s support for me. But now, I’m not a director anymore, so I don’t have support that can be used to go to the community every month. Is there any of your networks that can provide funding support for community organizing social activities to individuals who run them like me? If needed, I will send my curriculum vitae and photos of my activities so far in the community. Thank you very much for the response.
Best Regards
Saktya Rini Hastuti
Indonesia.
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I would like to get individual to help fund my business which was affected by COVID-19
Hello believes the message finds you well, I’m simson from Namibia based in tsumkwe bushman land, I’m the owner of the small project called the kungcampsite,our business couldn’t go on since Covid19 hit us badly we couldn’t survive, very high hit by Covid19, u need support could I get help for someone to help write well fully functional business plan that I can use to get sponsors, and also for 1. the gender based violence project plan and budget. Here is my whatsapp number +264810429817 , email Skapembe386@gmail.com
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I need help
I need some sponsorship
Hello dear members am also an orphan, by the names Engwaru Aaron from soroti district, Uganda, my father died in 2020 during corona season and left me with the rest of the brothers and sisters, am the one educating them , caring for there basic needs with some little business that am doing please need your support because am left with over 6 children please contact+256 789119487, +256 781616792
Good day.i am from South African my name is Wayne Quinten Lange.i am currently seeking person assistants with any donations towards funding for me to be able to emigrate to New Zealand.my mother’s and all my siblings is living in New Zealand and I haven’t seen them for years and I would love to apply for my pasports and all the necessary documents and to emigrate but unfortunately not me or any of my family’s has the fundings available.please I would really appreciate it if someone can perhaps provide me with any information of anyone that can help with any amount of donations.please contact me on send me information at (langewayne20@gmail.com).
I would like to start a business in Uganda
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Can you please help me buy my kids uniform
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Hello, I’m called andama Adam, from Uganda, I’m specialising in fish Farming, I need help to increase my capacity of production, and adding numbers of workers, any one willing to support us she or he is welcome
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Hello assalamualaikum am Abdul Aziz from Uganda, city is Kampala my district is Iganga,i request you our donors to help us in the month of Ramadan and other days we are hungry,we have many youths who are jobless and we can put them skills like welding, tailing and e t.c so we call up on our donors to help us in the stuition we are passing through.May the Lord bless you all
I’m running Vocational Career program NGO for genders empowerment seeking donors.
Help me with money
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How else can I share with the donors or individuals when I don’t have a website?
Dear Kwatemba:
You can always use your social media platforms- Linked and Facebook works the best. This article will help you more: https://proposalsforngos.com/social-media-for-ngos/
Iam Muhumuza James from Rukungiri district western uganda seeking for financial suport
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Iam glad to meet you sir/madam for that good receive my message and I hope that my request will be put under your consideration, thankyou! James
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