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You know that donor organizing can be the most impactful work you can do as a volunteer. Here are resources to help you get the groundwork set up.

Once you’ve gone through these, you can dive into the Fundraising Tactics page to learn different ways you can reach your network and raise funds!

Reflect on Your Relationship with Money

• Your History with Money Exercise

• Class Distinctions (credit: Resource Generation)

Decide What to Raise For

• From Decision Fatigue to Confident Choice

• Common Types of Organizations for Political Giving (credit: Resource Generation Action)

Craft Your Story/Pitch

• Template: Story of Self, Story of Us, Story of Now

Build Your List & Track Your Progress

• List Builder Exercise

• List Builder Template

Donation Logistics

• Ways People Can Donate

• Create ActBlue fundraising page (this allows you to track who has donated, when, and how much)

Gratitude Practice

• Personalizing Your Gratitude Practice

• Two Magic Words (credit: Grassroots Fundraising Journal Archive)