Our goal is to contribute to building movements that are capable of winning and sustaining economic, racial and gender justice. Through trainings, planning, and coaching we aim to strengthen the ability of members, staff and leaders to not only succeed but excel and actually enjoy grassroots fundraising and financial planning.

Over 15 years of experience specializing in small grassroots organizations

What We Do

Who We Are

We support social justice organizations to align their fundraising strategies with their programs. We believe that by investing in building the financial and fundraising skills, experience and confidence of grassroots leaders we will not only strengthen each organization but also movement work overall. We specialize in working with small member-led organizations with budgets under a million dollars a year.

We offer three strategies of support:

Fundraising Planning and Implementation
One-on-one Coaching
Interactive Customized Fundraising Trainings

Topics we cover include:

Fundraising In Times of Economic Crisis
Building a Fundraising Culture in your Organization
Fundraising Plans that meet your size and capacity
Implementing your Fundraising Plan
How To Run Successful Grassroots Fundraising Programs
Organizational Development Plans for your members
Tools to Manage Tight Financial Situations
Turning Volunteers and Members into Fundraisers
Budgeting and Financial Planning
Database Management

We can come to your office or work with you over the phone.
We charge reasonable rates on a sliding scale.

Dara Silverman is a consultant, organizer and trainer who has worked to build movements for economic, racial and gender justice over the past 15 years. She was the Executive Director of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) from 2004-2009. Prior to her work at JFREJ, Dara worked with United for a Fair Economy, Neighbor to Neighbor, the Ruckus Society and on various local and national campaigns across the country. Dara is on the board of Resource Generation. Her work has been published or featured in the New York Times, Tikkun, Zeek, Heeb, Curve, the San Francisco Bay Guardian and Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice and co-authored The Love and Justice in Times of War Haggadah.

Shaun (Sha) Grogan-Brown has worked to strengthen movements for social justice as an organizer, artist, trainer and consultant since the late 90s. He worked on staff with Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) from 2001-2008 where, as Development Director, Sha coordinated four major grassroots fundraising programs constituting over 90% of the budget. He supports many organizations through trainings on grassroots fundraising and organizational development, graphic design, materials layout, oral and written Spanish-English translation, art workshops, database and web programming. He is also a teaching artist with Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center.
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Recent clients include: Brecht Forum (New York), Community Voices Heard (New York), DC Jobs with Justice, Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, North Carolina Farmworker Institute, ONE DC, Raising Change Conference 2008 of GIFT (Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training – San Francisco), $pread Magazine, Washington Peace Center.

How to Contact RISE Fundraising:

rise@infovisions.org * 917-327-6528