Several organizations can help you develop relationships with funders and supporters:

1. www.artfulaskers.com: Information on the process of developing relationships with funders--foundations, corporations, individuals, churches, and even State/Federal sources. Sample grant proposals to utilize and sample resumes for job searching (BOTH with copyright releases for your cut-and-paste FREE use), other GREAT links, products, and much, much more...

Bob Vickers, Artful Askers. . . Building Biblical Community, Warrensburg, Missouri  (660) 747-6390  Teaches developing relationships with funders. Will help you to host a workshop in your city for faith- and community-based groups OR video is available at website. After attending a workshop OR watching the video–there is NO charge to help you! Workshop helps you to get ready to receive; evaluate relationships; develop a written document; research prospective funders; and teaches you to engage with funders! Empowers YOU to do this for YOURSELF AND coaches you to do the process! Works through you to empower YOU to do the process of building Biblical relationships with those in YOUR area; forming alliances, coaching, etc. The website is loaded with empowering products, materials, manuscripts, assistance, etc. Most items come with copyright release.

Artful Askers conducts one-day workshops on the process of building Biblical relationships with funders–then, empowers people in your community to build local alliances to strengthen, support, assist each other in your community by meeting monthly, sharpening each others proposals, helping each other, praying together, etc.

2. Del Palmer provides small group coaching to nonprofits and churches in a geographic common area of the country (common meeting place). The vehicle for accomplishing the empowerment of capacity-building is six different month's one-day seminars that provide inspiration, training, strategic planning with action-steps, and accountability.

A$K Seminar details:
1. Four to eight ministries will send their Executive Director or Development Officer to attend a monthly one-day seminar from 9:00AM—3:00PM. 
2. Each ministry person will commit to attend all six (6) monthly seminars.
3. The attendees will be divided into groups of two for accountability and help.
4. This Regular Seminar Approach will provide the following components for success:
   • Inspiration. . . . . . . . . . . . A time of Biblical inspiration and group prayer.
   • Commitment. . . . . . . . . .  Each ministry will commit to attend all seminars.
   • On-Going Training. . . . .  Instruction each month in a different phase of development.
   • Cross-Pollination. . . . . . . Time of group interaction and sharing.
   • Practical Application. . . .  Personalization of instruction in a practical way to each organization.
   • Personal Consultation. . . A monthly personal conference call is scheduled with each participant.
   • Goal Setting. . . . . . . . . . . Establishing firm action-steps for next 30 days for each ministry.
   • Accountability. . . . . . . . .  Setting Trigger Points for accountability with accountability/prayer partner.

Contact Del Palmer for related information for the A$K Seminar program. This is ideal for Directors of Missions, groups of pastors, or communities that have numerous nonprofits that need money and other resources! Contact: 
     Del R. Palmer and A$K Seminars
     300 Third Avenue
     Melbourne Beach, FL  32951
     (321) 676-4069, EST  OR  (321) 213-3754, cell  OR send an e-mail to delrpalmer@bellsouth.net