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Fundraising Guild handles fundraising-related tasks: PR and outreach, donor relations, grants, and fundraising events.

Channels: #fundraising on Discord
Fundraisers: NB16 | Anniversaries | Open Houses | Classathons | Hackathon | Game Jams

This guild is currently dormant and looking for organizers. If you care about Noisebridge's financial future, this is where you can have the most impact. No prior fundraising experience required — just energy and follow-through.

Find us on #fundraising on Discord to get started.

Goals

Increase membership at the associate level to pre-COVID levels
Hold events regularly to raise one-time donations, introduce potential new members to the space, and increase recurring donors
Pursue grant and corporate funding that coincides with our community values
Long term: Secure Noisebridge's future by raising enough to buy a physical building rather than leasing
Long term: Secure Noisebridge's future by raising a full year's operating costs to be held regularly in reserve

How to Help

Open Roles

Donor Relations — ongoing outreach to increase Patreon and recurring donors
Grants — grant writing and corporate sponsorship requests
Events — organizing small fundraising events ($100–400 class events, open houses, game jams)

Getting Started

Join #fundraising on Discord and introduce yourself. Look at the Goals above and pick one thing that interests you.

Tools

Press Kit

Fundraising/Fundraising Copy — a repository of text for fundraising communication

Fundraising/Stories — guidelines for recording and creating stories for fundraising

Little Green Light — donor management

donate.noisebridge.net — donation portal, codebase on Github

Past Campaigns

NB16 — 16th Anniversary (December 2025)

Full weekend extravaganza at 272 Capp St., December 12–14, 2025.

2024 Successes

NB15 Quinceañera: 15th anniversary bash at 272 Capp St. Raised funds, learned much.
2024 Year End Appeal: Raised ~$4k.
QR Code dissemination: Venmo QR codes in every room by December 2024.

Raising the Fun (2018)

Campaign to purchase a building before the lease at 2169 Mission ended.

Noisebridge Space Program (2016–2024)

Search for a new building. Abandoned when the 2169 lease was extended, then reborn as Spacebridge in 2024.

History

Related Pages

Subpages

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+'''Fundraising Guild''' handles fundraising-related tasks: PR and outreach, donor relations, grants, and fundraising events.
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+* '''Channels:''' #fundraising on [[Discord]]
-'''Fundraising Guild''' handles fundraising-related tasks such as PR and outreach efforts, and also helps moderate such efforts
+* '''Fundraisers:''' [[NB16]] | [[Anniversaries]] | [[Open Houses]] | [[Classathons]] | [[Hackathon]] | [[Game Jams]]
-done do-ocratically by our members.</span>
-* '''Donor Relations:''' Ryan([[User:Pyconaut|Pyconaut]]), [[User:NthMost|NthMost]]
-* '''Grants and Events:''' Elle
-* '''Maintainers:''' Mark([[User:MWillson|Mark]]), [[User:ElleWrites|Elle]], [[User:EigenVexer|Julius]]
-* '''Channels:''' #fundraising on [[Slack]].
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-== Where to find us ==
+[[Category:Guild]]
-# #fundraising-wg on the Noisebridge [[Discord]]
-== Goals ==
+'''This guild is currently dormant and looking for organizers.''' If you care about Noisebridge's financial future, this is where you can have the most impact. No prior fundraising experience required — just energy and follow-through.
-# Recurring donations needs to exceed  monthly expenses
-# Events and campaigns to raise one-time donations and get people to become recurring donors
-# Grow participation along with sustained donations from [[philanthropy]] and [[membership]].
-# Secure Noisebridge's future by raising enough to buy a physical building rather than leasing
-# Regularly ask for [[Corporate Philanthropists]]
-== Current Projects ==
+Find us on #fundraising on [[Discord]] to get started.
-Current Projects should be tracked in a living spreadsheet, so we can maintain a through-line of stewardship.
+== Goals ==
+# Increase membership at the associate level to pre-COVID levels
-Here is where it can be found: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ou3yWOfsHDJWxVNzbAu4vuWF7KbpUzo2JtdJg7lFP-8/edit?usp=sharing
+# Hold events regularly to raise one-time donations, introduce potential new members to the space, and increase recurring donors
+# Pursue grant and corporate funding that coincides with our community values
-== Past Campaigns ==
+# Long term: Secure Noisebridge's future by raising enough to buy a physical building rather than leasing
+# Long term: Secure Noisebridge's future by raising a full year's operating costs to be held regularly in reserve
-=== Raising the Fun ===
-Raising the Fun is a campaign which started in August 2018 with a goal to purchase a building before the lease at 2169 Mission ended.
-=== Noisebridge Space Program (NBSP;)===
-NBSP; was the search for a new building which started in 2016.  While not an official fundraising campaign, fundraising was a significant component.  This campaign was abandoned when the lease at 2169 was extended till August 2019. In 2024, the project was reborn under  new name: Spacebridge. The group held its first launch in the Spring of 2024 with some success. Additional launches are being planned.
+== How to Help ==
-Successes from 2024
+=== Open Roles ===
+* '''Donor Relations''' — ongoing outreach to increase Patreon and recurring donors
+* '''Grants''' — grant writing and corporate sponsorship requests
+* '''Events''' — organizing small fundraising events ($100–400 class events, open houses, game jams)
-*Quincenera: The Noisebridge 15th anniversary was celebrated with a bash at the 272 Capp St. location. We learned much and raised some funds.
+=== Getting Started ===
-*2024 Year End Email/announcement: End of year fundraising solicitation: Success!
+Join #fundraising on [[Discord]] and introduce yourself. Look at the Goals above and pick one thing that interests you.
-*QR Code dissemination: Venmo QR Code in every room at 272 Capp by early 12/2024, success!
 == Tools ==
 [[Press Kit]]
-[[Fundraising/Fundraising Copy]] A repository for text which can be used for communication about the fundraising campaign
+[[Fundraising/Fundraising Copy]] — a repository of text for fundraising communication
-[[Fundraising/Stories]]
+[[Fundraising/Stories]] — guidelines for recording and creating stories for fundraising
-Guidelines to record and create stories for fundraising
-[[Little Green Light]]
+[[Little Green Light]] — donor management
-Donor Directed Funds
+[https://donate.noisebridge.net donate.noisebridge.net] — donation portal, codebase on [https://github.com/patrickod/noisebridge-donate Github]
-== How to Help ==
+== Past Campaigns ==
-=== Recruiting ===
+=== NB16 — 16th Anniversary (December 2025) ===
-Fundraising working group is recruiting members interested in growing Noisebridge's funding resources in a number of areas and in gaining valuable experience in nonprofit development..
+Full weekend extravaganza at 272 Capp St., December 12–14, 2025.
-# Regular donor relations: ongoing fundraising to increase Patreon donors
-# Grants: grant writing opportunities
-# Encouraging low dollar events as small fundraisers ($100-400 class events)
+=== 2024 Successes ===
+* NB15 Quinceañera: 15th anniversary bash at 272 Capp St. Raised funds, learned much.
+* 2024 Year End Appeal: Raised ~$4k.
+* QR Code dissemination: Venmo QR codes in every room by December 2024.
-== Data ==
+=== Raising the Fun (2018) ===
-Noisebridge has many data sources:
+Campaign to purchase a building before the lease at 2169 Mission ended.
-# Stripe
-# PayPal
-# Direct Deposit
-# bitcoin
-# ... and other income
-Data centralization provides timely important information to the cause.
+=== Noisebridge Space Program (2016–2024) ===
+Search for a new building. Abandoned when the 2169 lease was extended, then reborn as Spacebridge in 2024.
-[https://donate.noisebridge.net donate.noisebridge.net] codebase on [https://github.com/patrickod/noisebridge-donate Github] can be extended to house this functionality.
+== History ==
-==History==
 *[[Meeting_notes_2018_03_27]]
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 *[[New_space_meeting_2018_05_01]]
+== Related Pages ==
-==Related pages==
 *[[Corporate_Philanthropists]]
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 *[[Noisebridge_Space_Program/Fundraising_Tasks]]
 *[[Noisebridge_Space_Program/Professional_Fundraising_Guidance]]
-*[[Notes_on_San_Francisco_Nonprofit_Space_Investment_Fund_meeting]]
-* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JtjEvI6LkT0ZI19SI5S3mWnn4aZ4JBEgkjyzzF5YI4o/edit#gid=0 Space walk spread sheet] — documenting possible locations
+===Subpages===
+{{subpages}}
 {{Guilds}}