Access to the Financial Professional. City budgets are always too small to do all the things a dynamic population seems to need and want. Imagine what help might come to the city if all the financial community within a certain city were trained and motivated to assist the city in finding willing donors to cooperate with reluctant taxpayers in funding some of the city s important tax targets, such as roads, parks, libraries, teen mentoring, alcohol rehab programs, bridges and schools. The NHF program helps identify such persons, and helps train and motivate them to be successful in helping the city find donors to fund tax targets. NHF currently is the 64 th largest foundation in the United States, as ranked in the Chronicle of Philanthropy by income.
Cities have usually little or no experience in event fund raising.
NHF has a library of Fund Raising Training that is free to all who are under the NHF umbrella a library of 25 audio cassettes and 12 booklets on 12 fund raising subjects, including Direct Solicitation, Walkathons, Theater Benefits, Fund Raising Dinners, Galas, Auctions, Golf and Tennis events and the like. We send the library when requested, the recipient makes a master copy for their own use, and sends the library back to us. We are also developing in-house capability to assist more directly with event fund raising. These include Charitable Gift Annuities, Charitable Remainder Trusts, and Pooled Income Funds. We also assist in the implementation of Charitable Lead Trusts.