Hey small business owner! Are you constantly asked for goods, services, and money to help local fundraisers? Do you hate saying NO to these nonprofit workers and volunteers, feel guilt and frustration over misplacing their letters, and wonder if there is any value to your business in giving anything anyway?
And nonprofit volunteer and staff people: How many hundreds of hours do you put into asking for free stuff and nurturing relationships with local businesses to often end up with small and hard-won outcomes? Do you ever loathe asking, knowing that everyone asks these same businesses for things?
We know this dance is inefficient and exhausting, which is why we have worked hard to research and develop the best way to fix it.
We have learned:
Small business owners want to be able to give to things they care about with as little time and much impact as possible.
People ask their local businesses for donations and sponsorships. Businesses often have no idea how to deal with them, and don’t get much value out of them. Business owners would like their giving to benefit the bottom line, and to cost them as little time as possible to process and consider, all while making valuable contributions and effecting change in the world we live in.
Responding to and fulfilling charitable requests costs time/money and often offers no great value to the small and medium-sized business.
Every walk-in, every letter to read, and every donation or sponsorship costs businesses time and money, even if it is just in staff service time to speak with the person seeking a contribution. Many times, it’s a handout without any publicity, accolade or tangible benefit, but the requests keep coming and the businesses keep giving.
Nonprofits and charities are doing the best they can.
Nonprofits and charities are doing the very best they can, but frequently have low success rates with requests to small and medium-sized businesses, and lukewarm assessments of whether or not the contribution was actually valuable to the small and medium-sized businesses in the first place.
The value that many nonprofits and charities are able to fundraise using in-kind contributions from small and medium-sized businesses is frequently lower than the value of the items they receive.
Especially in smaller communities, items often go for below market value in auctions, or the sum of time to assemble an auction is much greater than the value raised in the end. The time of the volunteers and nonprofit staff is not being valued or used well because the process is so cumbersome and inefficient.
GiveRound is revolutionizing the process of asking and giving between small and medium-sized businesses and the nonprofit and charitable organizations in their communities.
We are offering an easier way for businesses and fundraisers to save time & money and build mutually-beneficial relationships. Uniquely crafted to serve the particular business needs of small and medium-sized businesses, GiveRound will help businesses to prioritize their giving and sponsorships and save them time and money in the process.
Sign up now to get on board with GiveRound. We will help you develop a giving strategy fast that you can use right now to start receiving requests that are a great fit for your business goals and community interests. (You may never need to say no again.)
GiveRound is affordable for businesses, always free for charities and nonprofits seeking contributions. Get started now!
