Your organization is invited to apply for Goodstock™ HMA, our first annual 24-hour marathon of fundraising and marketing for nonprofits. We will be hosting this exciting event from our Vancouver and Toronto offices.  This 24-hour marathon of free fundraising, design, and creative work will take place on December 4, 2009.

The HMA team working out of the Vancouver office will be offering their services for free to 3 local charities during Goodstock Vancouver, They are soliciting projects from nonprofits based in the Metro Vancouver Area who work primarily on local issues.

The HMA team working out of the Toronto office will be offering their services to 2 local charities during Goodstock Toronto.  They are soliciting projects from nonprofits based in the Greater Toronto Area who work primarily on local issues.

The idea is based on Goodstock, a project by Knupp & Watson, a US-based advertising and marketing firm.

Download the RFP and full guidelines.

How it works

HMA’s team of experts in nonprofit direct response fundraising and marketing, alongside some of Vancouver and Toronto's best designers, writers, editors, and other consultants, will work on a variety of your projects during one single 24-hour period. It will begin at 9 am on December 4th and end at 9am on December 5th.

These projects could include:

• Fundraising plans
• Fundraising strategy
• Radio PSAs
• Videos
• Copywriting
• Direct mail appeal design
• Web Design
• Website development
• Nonprofit marketing strategy
• Other print design

During Goodstock HMA, you will have access to HMA’s staff of fundraising and direct response experts. We are also working with local vendors to generate free or reduced-fee services to complete specific projects, such as printing, media placements and broadcast production. 

Your proposal will be evaluated on:

• Submission of your application by 2 pm Friday, November 13th to goodstock@harveymckinnon.com (no phone calls please).  Please put “Goodstock Vancouver RFP Response” or "Goodstock Toronto RFP Response" in the subject line of your email and do not attach or send any other supporting documents. Please attach only your application electronically as MS Word or PDF.
• The services you provide to the community
• Your need for and inability to fund fundraising and direct response services
• Your availability to meet with HMA at our offices and answer questions via telephone during the 24-hour period
• Your project request for Goodstock HMA

Download the RFP and full guidelines.

HMA respects the opinions of our employees. In fairness to them, we reserve the right to decline Goodstock proposals from religious, political organizations, and other organizations that conflict with any of our employees’ ethics.

Note: This event is not open to HMA clients.

Please submit your projects by email only before 2 pm on November 13th (no phone calls please). Winners will be announced during the week of November 16th.

For over 20 years, Harvey McKinnon Associates has been specializing in direct response fundraising for nonprofits. Goodstock HMA is our opportunity to give something back to the community and help you make a greater difference with the work you do.

Thanks for applying, and good luck!

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