From: Eva Dubin < To: < Subject: RE: Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:34:11 +0000 Importance Normal >, Jeffrey <[email protected]> Wow... Melanie you are brilliant!! Thank you for all this. I am looking for funding to run our center as well as funding for massage for the chemo patients and for our clinical trials. www.dubinbreastcenter.org I also have a very special dinical trial that we are looking to fund ( 100 K). I will send you details tomorrow. To: [email protected]; Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:13:01 -0500 From: Hi Eva! There are several different sources, and it is a very competitive field. Few have been able to differentiate themselves enough to get attention of funders.You also need to be clear on what you want to do, how you will do it, and why you are the best positioned to do it. 1. Infrastructural costs: bldgs and equipment are usually offered by rich individuals who have been touched by the disease in one way or another. Most will require matched funding and also request naming rights. 2. Operational expensee: no one funds this. Donors are all looking to see that the business model is profitable and can sustain growth over at least the intermediate period. A few of the large infrastructure folks have offered a small grant for the non- recoverable costs associated with start up (like ads for hiring and other HR stuff) 3. Science: this is a mixed bag. Clinical trials and such are funded by drug companies and in some cases the NIH. There are some groups like the Komen foundation, Avon or Revlon that offer support but they have a notoriously short attention span and usually fit into the last category. 4. Awareness: I think this is a dumb category but it seems to get the most publicity since celebrities and donors looking for name recognition (=CSR) are always trolling for opportunity. In addition to the names above, you might also look at Atena (a water company). You can go to IRS.gov and do a scan for charities and se