There a many sources of information on the Web. They will bring in donors through their affiliations both personal and workplace. They can open many doors for you organizationally. Your volunteer application will be a font of information you can pull from again and again. Community parnerships greatly increase your chance of obtaining grant money.
People give to where their heart is hooked.
Your cause must be perceived as a good and just one. There are also lots of excellent how to books available to guide you. The Local United Way also frequently has a Volunteer Agency attached to it that acts as a clearing house for volunteers of all ranges to match to agencies. This is going to be a long term effort. If you try to do this independently, from scratch, it will be a long and difficult effort.