Subject: Fundraising Update
From: "Mike Breen" <[email-masked]>
To: "Mike Breen" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Mark Cunningham" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:12:16 -0400

Dear Members of the Truman Center and Truman Project Boards,

It was wonderful to see so many of you at the meeting and TruCon18 last
month! I wanted to take a moment to provide an update to the fundraisning
discussion we had during the meeting.

Happily, we received word from the Freidenrich Estate that they have agreed
to provide Truman with a $500,000 contribution this month. This is great
news, however this will be their final contribution to Truman as John’s
family has made the decision to focus their philanthropy on organizations
local to the Bay Area. We are extremely grateful for the family’s
longstanding support, and are moving forward with identifying alternate
sources for funding to replace his annual gift.

We are grateful for the offers to help with our fundraising efforts from
many of you. Our fundraising strategy moving forward is to continue
focusing on deepening relationships with our current donors and building
relationships with prospects in each of the following three categories:

*Foundations *– Truman has been successful in maintaining a longstanding
relationship with a handful of foundations. We will work to deepen and
expand our relationships with large foundations, building clear lines of
multi-year programming supported by long-term grants. We have a specific
eye towards securing general support grants that will allow the
organization to build and strengthen its infrastructure, however, this type
of support is the most difficult to secure.

*Corporations* – Truman continues to strengthen its corporate giving
program. Historically we have focused our efforts around our two annual
events – TruCon and the Truman Awards Dinner. Additionally, we are
exploring ways to enhance our sponsorship benefits package attract
corporate sponsorship through member engagement, policy discussions, and
training.

*Individuals* – Traditionally, the best source of unrestricted funding
comes from individual. That being said, cultivating individuals is less
linear and can take longer to build deep relationships. Truman’s strategy
is to continue cultivating new donors through small events, such as
Jeffersonian Dinners and salons in key cities, and we will continue to
explore ways in which we can make inroads with the more politically
oriented donors to support Truman’s C4 activities.

Truman’s Development Director, Mark Cunningham, will follow up with you on
our current top tier prospects, end of year projections and other
development related updates. Mark is happy to schedule one-on-one
conversations with you to discuss how you can engage with these efforts in
the coming months.

As always, thank you for your leadership and support, and I look forward to
working with each of you.

Respectfully,

Mike

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*Michael Breen*President & CEO
Truman Center for National Policy | Truman National Security Project

Office: 202.216.9723 x2325
Cell: 603.828.9550
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*Michael Breen*President & CEO
Truman Center for National Policy | Truman National Security Project

Office: 202.216.9723 x2325
Cell: 603.828.9550
@TrumanProject | @TrumanCenter
www.TrumanProject.org | w <http://www.trumanproject.org>ww.TrumanCenter.org
<http://www.TrumanCenter.org>

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