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Tips for Approaching a Foundation
Building relationships with foundations, when possible, is key to fundraisingsuccess. The initial approach of making a call to someone you haven’t met before (aka “cold calling”) can be intimidating as you want to make a great first impression. To help organizations stay on message during that first call, a sample phone script can be used. Please see below. We recommend role playing and practicing this script with a colleague. The script is a guidepost; adapting to individualized messaging is a necessity.