NIE Department Resources
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Fundraising
Resources
Bill
Stuffer Sample
Bill Stuffers are sent out with invoices to request funding for
your NIE program, remind subscribers to participate in your vacation
donation, and help them understand the merits of your program. A NIE donation line on your invoice in conjunction with the Bill
Stuffer will likely increase donation.
Block
Sales Outline
Block Sales is a fundraising program used by many NIE programs.
There are a number of variations, but the gist is that you or your
advertising dept. request restaurants and retailers to donate $50 worth of
food or merchandise. You then run a certificate in-paper offering the
donated resource at a discounted rate of $30 (other dollar amounts could
be used, i.e. $100 for $60, etc.).
Carrier
Insert Letter
A Carrier Drop Letter is just that, a letter delivered with the
newspaper by your carrier. It
works best to insert the letter in the plastic bag with the paper, so it
drops out for the subscriber to see and respond to. The letter could also be inserted in the paper.
Rethink Ink
Rethink
Ink is a printer cartridge and cell phone recycling fundraising program. It can raise funds a couple different ways. You can collect printer cartridges and cell phone from departments
at your paper, have subscribers drop them off at your papers and/or other
locations, as well as ask local business to collect them at their sites. This entails some labor, but is fairly easy to do and can raise
several thousand dollars for your NIE program. You
can also promote it to your schools as a fundraiser for them. For each dollar that the school raises, your NIE program receives
20%. If you have a couple dozen schools doing a decent job with it, it can
raise significant funding for them and your NIE program.
For
more information, visit their web site at: http://www.rethinkink.com Here
are some of their support materials in MS Word DOC and PDF format:
Sponsorship
Letter: A sample sponsorship letter that can be tailored to your needs.
Sponsorship
PowerPoint Presentation: A NIE PowerPoint presentation used by one newspaper.
Sponsorship/Simple
Form: A very simple form to document a sponsor’s donation
commitment.
Telemarketing
Script1.doc: Two samples of telemarketing scripts.
Telemarketing
Script2.doc
Vendor Letter: A sample letter that may be customized for sending to your
company’s vendors (companies that your newspaper does business with,
i.e. newsprint, ink, legal counsel, etc.) This can be a significant source of funding for your NIE program. Ask your accounting department if they can provide you a list of
the major vendors. Also
ask Department Heads to help introduce you to these vendors and
provide support for asking for a donation.
Yard Sale Plan: How to implement a Yard Sale or Flea Market
Successful
NIE Sponsorship & Grant Proposals
Several
samples of successful NIE sponsorship and grant proposals may be
downloaded. They include
requests for funding to for-profit, non-profit and government agencies. They are in MS Word DOC format.
Grant/Donation
Processing Program & Forms
Grant/donation processing using our 501(C)(3) non-profit status
The Institute offers its 501(c)(3) status to support members grant and sponsorship writing efforts. NIEI act as the fiscal agent for your NIE program to non-profit and corporate funders that require a non-profit status to make donations. We then process your tax-deductible donations/grants, fulfill required IRS paperwork and provide a report to the funder.
Processing fees based on grant/donation size were reduced to:
| $20,000+ |
4% |
| $15,000 |
5% |
| $500 |
6% Minimum
donation/grant NIEI processes.
Donations of $100 or more may be pooled together to reach the $500
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These
files will help facilitate your grant writing efforts:
NIE
Department Resources & Forms
A
variety of useful NIE department resources and forms may be downloaded in
MS Word DOC or PDF format.
NIE
& Literacy Research
Several
research resources for NIE and reading/literacy development may be
downloaded in MS Word DOC or PDF formats.
Quark
Xpress Print Files for Student Supplements
Most newspaper art
departments are now able to use PDF files to prepare pre-press materials
for printing. Your art dept.
may contact the Institute if Quark Xpress and/or InDesign files are needed. The files will
be uploaded to the Institute's FTP server for your art dept. to access, or if needed, burned on a CD and mailed.
Quark and/or InDesign files are available many, but not all supplements.
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