I’m looking for some advice. I want to start doing creative work for non-profits.

Not for free, but at a heavily reduced rate. The reason why not free is that I can’t afford to personally finance all the hard costs of production and media needed.

I’m not talking about doing scammy award bait. The intent is—it is work that creates actual value for the non-profit in the form of donations and solutions.

How have others here managed to get involved creatively in a meaningful way?

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Pick 5 that you personally align with and approach them with the offer. Doing first one free would be an easy way to make it happen quicker than if charge. See if they will give you a donation letter.

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Depends on the size of the non- profit you’re interested in. Sorry to hear you have had no replies, (yet)? Did you want to share a few of them that you would be interested in doing work for? We can perhaps collectively see what would be the best way in.

Is Taproot still operating? I’d go there, volunteer and let them cover hard costs.

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I haven’t heard of them. But I just looked at their website and there seems to be a lot of opportunities to help smaller non-profits. Thanks for sharing!

https://taprootfoundation.org/opportunities?page=1&sort=desc&skills=24

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“Non-profit” is a misnomer. They 100% make profits and their executive suites makes very good money. It’s the employees below who don’t.

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ACD1 This is very cynical and gross. There are plenty of nonprofits doing exceptional work who are barely scraping by, even at the executive levels.

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Many agencies do pro-bono or low-bono work — Leo did back in the day.

There are also nonprofits who place skilled volunteers with other organizations for short consulting gigs.

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Oh, not at all. I’ve worked with 50-year-old nonprofits with >100 employees and 4-person upstarts. They’re all thrilled for help that grows their capabilities and expands their impact. Just be ready for a pretty low sophistication level, lots of scrappiness.

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I know every non-profit is really hurting right now. And it’s up to us to make a difference. I just can’t seem to find the right people to talk to. Or even the wrong person to talk to.

I know someone in the board for The Brotherhood Sister Sol. If you’re interested, send me a DM with your contact and I can connect you both

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