Welcome to the Fundraising Team. This repository is the single source of truth for fundraising activities, campaign ideas, donor logs, and reporting. Use it to coordinate work, record outcomes, and keep our community informed.

The fundraising team identifies and manages revenue sources that sustain OpenGov Africa’s work. That includes:

• individual and peer-to-peer donations
• small grants and CSR partnerships
• campaign planning and execution
• transparent tracking and reporting of funds

• Identify and Engage Donors: Build relationships with individuals, companies, and institutions who care about governance in Africa.
• Run Fundraising Campaigns: Plan and execute donation drives, community challenges, and recurring giving programs.
• Write and Submit Grants: Research opportunities, draft proposals, and follow up with funders.
• Track Donations: Maintain transparent records of contributions and campaigns.
• Report Progress: Share weekly and monthly updates to keep the community informed.

• Recieved a notificatin of update from our donors? Create a new fundraising update (use the issue template):
  https://github.com/OpenGovAfrica/fundraising/issues/new?template=custom-fundraising-update.md

• Discussions (brainstorm ideas and coordinate):
  https://github.com/OpenGovAfrica/fundraising/discussions

• Repository home (this README):
  https://github.com/OpenGovAfrica/fundraising

• Key files:

  • Workflow
  • Daily brief log
  • Rotation tracker
  • Templates
  • Ideas list
  • Grants research
  • Funds tracker
  • Monthly report template

1. Join the community chat (Discord): https://discord.gg/Eswe4cvvMM
2. Read this README and then open the workflow.md file to understand roles and cadence:
   https://github.com/OpenGovAfrica/fundraising/blob/main/workflow.md
3. Log a first activity using the fundraising update issue template:
   https://github.com/OpenGovAfrica/fundraising/issues/new?template=custom-fundraising-update.md
4. Post an introduction and one fundraising idea to Discussions:
   https://github.com/OpenGovAfrica/fundraising/discussions

If you need access to any Google Drive documents or the exec email account, contact the EA team (exec@opengovafrica.org).

We encourage everyone to share these official links/wallets when asking for support:

Note: always confirm current wallet/account details in funds-tracker.md before sharing externally.

Every action or result should be recorded as a GitHub issue using the Fundraising Update template:

• Open a new issue with the template:
  https://github.com/OpenGovAfrica/fundraising/issues/new?template=custom-fundraising-update.md

Fill in the date, type of update (donation, campaign, grant progress), amount (if any), channel, outcome, and follow-up actions. Tag relevant team members and add any supporting links or screenshots.

• Daily — add immediate or time-sensitive entries as issues (if required).
• Weekly — each contributor should ensure their week’s activities are logged by Friday.
• Monthly — the lead prepares the Monthly Fundraising Report using monthly-report-template.md and posts it in Discussions and links it in the repo.

Files:

• Monthly report template
• Funds tracker (update within 24 hours of confirmation)

Pick one of these to begin contributing immediately:

• Post one fundraising idea to Discussions:
  https://github.com/OpenGovAfrica/fundraising/discussions
• Share the official donation link (GitHub Sponsors) on your social channels.
• Research 1–2 grant opportunities and add them to grants-research.md:
  https://github.com/OpenGovAfrica/fundraising/blob/main/grants-research.md
• Draft a reusable donor thank-you template and save it in templates.md:
  https://github.com/OpenGovAfrica/fundraising/blob/main/templates.md

• Transparency: Log every gift, pledge, or sponsorship in funds-tracker.md.
• Collaboration: Use Discussions to co-create campaigns and review copy before posting.
• Respect: Treat donors and volunteers with gratitude and confidentiality when appropriate.
• Sustainability: Prioritize recurring revenue and partnerships over one-off contributions.

• Executives fundraising liaison (email): exec@opengovafrica.org
• Community inbox: citizens@opengovafrica.org
• Repo owner and admin: https://github.com/OpenGovAfrica

If anything in this repo appears out of date, please open an issue and tag @opengovafrica so we can correct it. Thank you for joining the fundraising effort — your work makes OpenGov Africa possible.