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| Your nonprofit preservation organization can find funding opportunities and lots of support from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. |
| Your historic preservation group has many options to seek funding for preservation-related arts and humanities projects. |
| Asking for money is never easy, but these tips suggest some easy ways to ask people to support your nonprofit organization. |
| To find and attract major donors to your nonprofit organization, you need a long-term strategy and a great way to make your organization stand out. |
| By adopting a gift-acceptance policy, your nonprofit organization might be able to achieve both financial security and flexibility. |
| Grant funding is readily available for historic preservation organizations that are willing to put in some hard work. |
| Every time your nonprofit organization applies for a grant, a project budget will be an essential component of your application. |
| Organizing a Fundraising Auction for Your Nonprofit Organization, Part 1 of 3 |
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| An auction is a great way to engage members in fundraising for your nonprofit organization, but it is also a huge commitment. |
| Organizing a Fundraising Auction for Your Nonprofit Organization, Part 2 of 3 |
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| Staging an auction can be a fun way to raise funds as long as your nonprofit organization plans the event carefully. |
| Organizing a Fundraising Auction for Your Nonprofit Organization, Part 3 of 3 |
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| If your fundraising auction is to be a success, your auction table must have high-quality, meaningful items that generate buzz among the bidders. |
| Your historic preservation group can boost its public profile by incorporating a public relations mindset into daily communications. |
| A public relations plan can serve as a roadmap for your historic preservation group to effectively communicate your story and message. |
| When your advocacy group is feeling the pinch of its small labor force, a public relations professional can be a good investment. |
| How You Can Win When You Lose |
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| You may not win every historic preservation campaign, but you can use your foundation of support to launch your next effort. |
| An awards program is a fun and inexpensive way to proactively promote historic preservation in your community. |
| Get tips on how to handle communications when opponents to your cause become unpleasant. |
| A press list is an essential tool for you to develop a working relationship with members of the press. |
| You will go a long way toward getting good publicity for historic preservation if you build good working relationships with the press. |
| Preservation is very much about people, and many reporters are looking for human-interest stories that inspire others. Learn how to create those stories. |
| A media packet will help your historic preservation group communicate your message to members of the media who attend your events. |
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