Fundraising

The NAGPS Standing Policy on Fundraising and Solicitation

Approved: 12 August, 1997

  1. The Board of Directors shall maintain a list of "approved partners" from which all fundraising and solicitation must come. For the purposes of this policy, a "partner" shall be defined as:
    • a corporation, foundation or other private entity which can contribute funds to NAGPS
    • a corporation, business or individual who provides NAGPS with a royalty in exchange for providing a NAGPS-endorsed product or service to NAGPS members
    • a corporation, business or individual who wishes to gain access to the NAGPS Individual Member data base for the purposes of advertising or sale of a product which is not endorsed
      by NAGPS

    The Board may choose to add or remove partners from the list of approved partners at any time during a regular meeting, and the list of approved partners shall be made available to any NAGPS member upon request.

  2. Any member of the Association or its Staff can initiate contact with any potential partner, but once initial contacts have been made, the Board shall review the potential partner for addition to the list of "approved partners", based on the relationship of the partner to NAGPS, existence of common interests, social responsibility, and other factors.
  3. Once a partner is approved, any subsequent fundraising ventures may be approved on behalf of NAGPS by the Executive Director, President and Treasurer, acting for the Association.
  4. Sales of mailing labels from the NAGPS Individual Member mailing list are limited to only those partners approved previously by the means listed in item #2 above. Only one copy of pre-printed mailing labels shall be sent to the partner, and under no other circumstance will printed or electronic versions any portion of the NAGPS database to released to a partner, without consent of the Executive Director or President.
  5. Prior to the release of any NAGPS mailing labels, a copy of the materials to be mailed to NAGPS members by the partner must be previewed by the Executive Director or the President for content in each case.