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2026 Fundraising Goal Brainstorm

Land

• Greenhouse
  • Seedlings / Nursery -> Community Garden & Community Nursery?
• Community Garden
  • Planning & Design
  • Infrastructure -> Beds & Automated Water Distribution
  • Sensors / Cameras
• Trees
  • Purchasing & Planting
• Plants
  • Purchasing & Planting
• Woodshop
• Electronics Lab - Electronics Meetup

Events & Programming

Moon Boom

• Title Sponsor of Moon Boom ($300 - $600 / Event || $3600 - $7200 Annually )
  • Backing Artist Guarantee
  • Allows for suggested & supporter tier donations to go to budget for equipment, AV Staff & Improvements
• Donation Tonic Bar
  • NA Tonics & Tinctures
• Listener Donation
  • Custom Sound for Jade Lounge
  • (2) 2-way systems
  • Quad Upgrade
• Live Stream Seed Fund
  • Cameras, Switcher, Wireless, PTZ Camera, Broadcast Machine

Banana Rodeo

• Banana Rodeo Sponsorships
  • Purchase Shade Infrastructure
  • Purchase Storage
  • Performances: Artist & Entertainment
  • Fund Science Fair Submissions / Projects

Other Developments

Grant & Platform Avenues

Places to raise beyond sponsor/event asks — grants, funders, and crowdfunding platforms.

• Ma Earth (maearth.com) — collective/matching-pool crowdfunding for community-led regeneration (donations unlock a $1M matching pool; Round 3 = 201 projects / 56 countries / $2.19M). On-mission categories: restoration, agriculture, water, energy, community, education. Also a language reference for regeneration/impact framing. ⏳ Round-timed — next window opens ~2027-04-22 (plan ahead). Full avenue note + fit + engagement plan: Ma Earth. Next: confirm fund-flow via The Beauty Project vs host-partner path; design the donor-mobilization campaign.

• Donor Advised Funds — not a single funder but a structure. Two distinct plays: La Finka receiving from existing DAFs (Fidelity/Schwab/Vanguard Charitable/community foundations — works today, no setup), or La Finka hosting its own DAF program via a separate nonprofit servicing regional CBOs. ⚠ Live compliance question, not future planning: the broadened 2023 IRS definition may mean the current fiscal-sponsorship arrangement already counts as a DAF — needs counsel. Also flags a deliberate fee-schedule decision if both tracks ever run. Full note: Research - Donor Advised Funds. Next: counsel review of the existing funds.

The base narrative — story first, then match the grant's language

The reusable foundation every application is built from: what we're doing, why we're doing it, and the intended outcomes. Write this once as the base; then, for each grant, translate it into that funder's language rather than starting over. The story is the constant; the framing flexes per application.

Source material for the base already exists — synthesize, don't reinvent: La Finka - Mission · La Finka - Vision · La Finka Manifesto · La Finka - One Pager · La Finka Business Plan · Brand Voice - 2026.

✅ Drafted 260814 → Case for Support (base narrative) (story / what / why / intended outcomes + a "how to translate to each grant" guide + a language bank). Two owner-fill gaps flagged in it: an origin/founding beat, and concrete impact metrics.

Created: 260820-12:15

Updated: 260820-12:15