That alone makes fundraising not only a way cool professional, but also a dangerous one. Here are some other reasons fundraising is exciting, sexy and cool. Fundraising brings you face to face with the good, the bad and the ugly about money. If you are serious about addressing class issues, this will be a good thing. Fundraising is organizing.
Good fundraisers organize teams of volunteers to help with fundraising.
They teach people skills, and give them confidence that they actually can raise money. Organizers ask people for time - go to a meeting, plan a strategy, come to a demonstration. By combining fundraising and organizing, people are asked for time and money - as much of either or both as they can give. A much wider range of gifts and talents and abilities can be brought out in our constituents by adding fundraising strategies to the mix. Many donors have little relationship to the organization except that they give money.