Progressive Multiplier
The Progressive Multiplier works to shift the progressive movement toward scale, self-determination and sustainability by creating a high-leverage investment opportunity for philanthropy to strengthen the independent financial position of movement groups.
Power belongs in the hands of the people, those who progressive nonprofits serve, advocate for and organize with. Organized people coupled with organized money creates power in a democracy. The Progressive Multiplier is part of a sea change in philanthropy, where the impact of it is not limited by the dollars that can be given out but multiplied by investing in financing models that enable nonprofits to scale and sustain their independent revenue.
Progressive nonprofits tend to rely heavily on foundation funding, but are testing independent revenue generation techniques.
Revenue generation funding to scale their successful tactics is practically non-existent.
Successes aren’t widely shared and adopted as standard, leaving money on the table for the progressive movement.
OUR RESEARCH also showed that nonprofits are seeking financing structures that help them generate (c)(4) funds and mitigate risk. These findings give us a blueprint for how to help build the revenue generation skill and structure needed for progressive nonprofits to scale for the future.
Grants
Distributed
ROI across all grant types
Provide nonprofits in critical progressive program areas with paths to quickly build their mass market revenue generation capacity and ensure that exponential investment is available to meet the sector’s growing need. We do this through four critical strategies:
Fundraising Capacity Building + Kickstart Grants for new programs
Test Grants for developing programs
Recoverable Scale Grants for groups with established fundraising capacity in order to scale a known tactic or access new tools for growth
(c)(3) funding to compliantly support (c)(4) revenue generation
The Progressive Multiplier is staffed by fundraisers. Each revenue generation project is supported by, on average, 20 hours of consulting and technical assistance.
Grantees and members of the progressive movement also can access our Center of Excellence, an online community with:
Educational resources on a variety of revenue generation topics
Moderated peer-to-peer conversations
Case studies of all finished grant project
Hosted webinars and events
“Through the generous support of the Progressive Multiplier Fund, we became equipped to expand our fundraising program to create and build a planned giving program…we have been able to secure over $400,000 in planned gifts! This creates a foundation for a prosperous future for our organization.”
Development Associate,
People’s Action/People’s Action Institute