ADI-BHAGA MINISTRY

Nimai Nitai das

Recent financial pressures have served to focus our attention on the need to develop steady income streams to maintain our Temples, serve our Congregations, and expand the mission of Krishna Consciousness in North America. This preliminary proposal explores the desirability and feasibility of developing a tithing ministry for ISKCON.

Guidelines for making a souvenir:

· Frequency

· Articles

· Advertisement

· Designing & Printing

A. Frequency

First thing which needs to be determined before making a souvenir is, when do you want to publish it? and how often you want to publish it? We will recommend a annual souvenir, published on one of your major festivals like Sri Krishna Janmastami, Govardhan Puja Annakoot/Diwali, Rath Yatra, Gaura Purnima, or one of your big fund-raising event.

B. Articles

Objective: To solicit funds and to make and establish relationships and convert guests and visitors into donors and devotees.

Process:

We solicit funds from two types of donors.

One is the donor whom we made connection and the other is the donor whom we don’t know.

Objective

Temple needs money for various departments. Temple needs money for the deity worship, salaries of employees, maintenance, purchase of groceries. With regular donations we can manage. But annual events like Janmastamy, winter cow care, Annual maintenance of temple alter and kitchen, Deity outfits, Rathyatra need so much money. Direct campaigns will help solve financial problems in such occasions.

Process

Objective
Develop congregations and increase revenue to the temple. Birth day program is a very unique program in achieving the above goals. It helps you bond others with temple. It prepares a nice donor base and brings money to temple.

How it works
One famous American author Dale Carnegie writes, you want win friends or influence someone, you should make connection first. How to make connection with a stranger? Remember his name and of course his BIRTHDAY and wish him on his birthday.

In creating your action plan for this initiative, the following primary actions are suggested:

Engage the fundraising initiative team in reviewing your current fundraising strategies and needs, i.e. take advantage of this powerful resource.