Towards Financial Self-reliance
A Handbook of Approaches to Resource Mobilization for Citizens' Organizations
By Richard Holloway
'Superbly detailed and commendably practical guide.'
Mark Sidel, Associate Professor of Law, Research Fellow, University of Iowa
Paperback
February 2001 •
254 pages •
234 x 156mm •
ISBN 9781853837739
'Provides an excellent conceptual framework for the various approaches to resource mobilization.'
Paiboon Wattanasiritham, Director General, Chief Executive Officer, Government Savings Bank, Thailand
A clear and practical guide aimed at the managers of civil society organizations, including non-governmental organizations, citizens' movements, co-operatives, trade unions and other grass-roots organizations primarily in developing countries, on how to mobilize funds and other resources and in doing so become financially self-reliant. The author examines numerous and varied options, covering earned income, local foundations, governmental sources, foreign agencies, the corporate sector, microcredit, the internet and social investments, setting these within a strategic overview of planning and management effectiveness.
'Provides an excellent conceptual framework for the various approaches to resource mobilization.'
Paiboon Wattanasiritham, Director General, Chief Executive Officer, Government Savings Bank, Thailand
'The general impression of diminishing foreign sources of funds for the non-profit sector makes this handbook all the more relevant and indispensable.'
Rajeev Dua, Chief Executive Officer, South Asian Fund Raising Group
'Successful resource mobilization is not easy and this handbook comes as a valuable guide in charting a viable course which will no doubt inspire many.'
Dorothy Gordon, Executive Director, Integrated Resources Group, Ghana
'This book goes to places that other guides never reach and never even think about... This handbook raises the level of common sense about funding.'
Spore
'It is to Holloway's credit that he has given both newcomers and old hands useful information, analysis and the opportunity to join the debate and develop it.'
Development in Practice
CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
Part One: Setting the Scene - the Larger Picture
Overview of Possibilities
Why Should Anyone Help a Southern CSO?
Part two: Ways of Mobilizing Resources - Revenue from Earned Income
Indigenous Foundations
Individual Philanthropy
Building Grass-roots Organizations
Resources from Government
Resources from Government
Resources for Sustainability from Foreign Development Agencies
Resources from the Corporate Sector
Building Reserve Funds and Endowments
Conversion of Debt
Microcredit Programmes
Social Investment
Use of the Internet
Part Three: Deciding Which way to go
Next Steps
Introduction to the Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentator Biographies
Further Reading
Resource Organizations
Index
Richard Holloway has over 30 years of experience as a development worker in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.