Annual Fundraising Plan 2013

Revenue Streams

OSE Trademark: licensing fees for the use of the OSE trademarks in a for-profit context.
Technical Support: fees for technical support form OSE for independent builders and entrepreneurs using our distributive enterprise models.
Grants
Individual Contributions
Merchandise:
1. See: NGO Merchandise Sale Research
Documentation Sales: the documentation remains free, but a call to action - donation button is listed prominently on our documentation page to request donations from independent builders
Microfunding - True Fans Platform:
1. See: True Fans Platform Log
2. See: Progressive Exchange
GVCS Roadshow
Community Events
Chapter Fees
For-Profit Enterprise: a Factor e Farm-based for-profit entity sells GVCS machines and puts profits back into the non-profit organization.

Heuristic Approach:
1. List of Organizations With Similar Mission
2. List of Foundations That Funded Similar NGOs
3. Community Survey of Funding Opportunities
Brute-Force Approach:
1. Exhaustive List of Search Keywords
2. Modular Proposal Writing System

Overview:

Sheet A - Heuristic Research: these are foundations that have funded non-profit organizations with similar missions to Open Source Ecology's. The data in the first column is dynamically referenced from the spreadsheet further down the page titled Foundations - Funded Similar NGOs, and it is filtered to remove redundancies. Each foundation will be looked at in-depth using the Foundation Directory Online and added to the Annual Grants Calendar if they meet our requirements.
Sheet B - Brute Force Research: these are foundations that were identified through an exhaustive research process into all of the grant opportunities listed in the Foundation Directory Online. (See Search Keywords)

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