ENSb1239 Fundraising

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Bc. Petr Machálek (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Bc. Petra Burišková
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Fri 6. 3. 10:00–13:40 U34, Fri 13. 3. 10:00–13:40 U23, Fri 20. 3. 10:00–13:40 U35
Prerequisites
! ENS239 Fundraising &&!NOW( ENS239 Fundraising )
For this course does not require any specific prerequisites.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 55 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/55, only registered: 0/55, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/55
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- understand the role of fundraising in the project financing and the overall NGO functioning; - prepare the project applications – from the source searching to the complete application; - interpret the principles of fundraising ethics.
Learning outcomes
- basic knowledge of fundraising methods and tools (grant, individual and corporate fundraising) - the ability to create a project and transform it into a grant application - the ability to create a project and transform it into addressing (mailing, personal meeting, online campaign) for potential donors (minor and major donors)
Syllabus
  • What is fundraising.
  • Financial sources and fundraising methods - definition and clasification.
  • Grant sources.
  • Principles of correct grant project.
  • Grant fundraising – evaluation of individual tasks.
  • Individual fundraising - methods, pros and cons of individual fundraising.
  • Firm fundraising - methods, pros and cons of firm fundraising.
  • Project and project cycle.
  • European Structural Funds.
  • Fundraising ethics.
Literature
    required literature
  • MACHÁLEK, Petr and Jitka NESRSTOVÁ. Základy fundraisingu a projektového managementu (Fundraising and project management basics). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 111 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5518-6. info
    not specified
  • ŠOBÁŇOVÁ, Petra. Fundraising. Vyd. 2. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, 2010, 78 s. ISBN 9788073687502. info
  • LINDAHL, Wesley E. Principles of fundraising : theory and practice. Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 2010, xii, 299. ISBN 9780763759148. info
  • ŠKARABELOVÁ, Simona. Fundraising - získávání finančních prostředků (Fundraising). druhé aktualizované. Praha: Ekopress, s.r.o., 2007, 7 pp. ISBN 9788086929255. info
  • BRAY, Ilona M. Effective fundraising for nonprofits : real-world strategies that work. 1st ed. Berkeley, CA: NOLO, 2005, 1 sv. ISBN 1413300944. info
Teaching methods
The course is based on lectures and individual work with the study recourses. Students are required to solve individual tasks and case studies.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by an examination. Students receive credits for individual tasks and case studies solution. The literature for the subject will be placed in the section “Study materials” in IS. The exact conditions of the point evaluation for the tasks and case studies are announced in the section “Study materials”. The topics of case studies and the instructions are be published there as well.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in three years.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět bude přednostně nabízen studentům projektu EkoInkubátor.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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