Download the Annual Campaign Packet in PDF format.
We have selected four critical areas of need that we have as an organization in order to meet our mission.
Mission
The mission of This Is HOW is to create opportunities and environments that empower Trans people to recover, to succeed in accomplishing goals, to reconnect with themselves and others, and strive for a purpose in life, to rise from poverty, and to live authentically, making them healthy, vibrant and whole.
We seek to make the whole of life better for Trans people.
With that firmly in mind, we have looked back over the last several years and studied what we have done right, what we have done wrong, and where it is we plan to go down the road, according to the ten year plan we adopted.
 The four Goals this year are:
- To open the Phoenix Trans Center for the use and enjoyment of the entire Trans community.
- To stabilize our Core Programs
- To improve our fundraising capabilities
- To ensure that we can retain and attract the best possible trans people for our positions
Each of these goals has been carefully budgeted and figured out to work out to around 2500 dollars per month for each of them. There are more details on each of those budgets and what it is they cover in the pages that fall beneath this one, with links to those pages below.
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As a result, we need to raise $120,000 dollars for an entire year, or 10,000 dollars a month. Â The way we have chosen to do so is to find 1000 people who will sponsor This Is HOW and our leading edge programs, 1000 people who care about the needs of Trans people, 1000 people who have compassion and understand the hard work that we do.
Sponsor This Is HOW Today!
We are asking those 1000 people to donate 10 dollars each month for a year. Â This is what we call a Gold Sponsorship, and these people will be our Gold Sponsors. That’s all it takes — not a lot of people in a country with 360 Million people, of whom at least 720,000 are Trans people.
Sponsorship Levels
Sponsors
These people are the heart and soul of our organization, and we know that. Â We know that many of them are our fellow Trans people, who struggle with almost no income themselves and yet donate a little because they recognize that we help those who are in the greatest need.
We know that we have tremendous support among the wider LGBT community, people who understand first hand some of the challenges and difficulties that we face.
We know that many of our donors are in the wider community, who see that we help trans people in ways that stun and way that help them to help others. People who recognize that we do not give fish away, but instead we teach people how to fish, and we help them while they learn.
We serve the Phoenix Trans community, which has between 8,000 and 16,000 Trans people within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, directly, but we serve the national community as well, through the development of leading edge programs and via the people who travel from all around the country to join our Residence program. We have initiated the development of Chapters across the country, providing them with skills, knowledge, and tools that will enable them to duplicate and expand on the programs and services we offer here, carrying them to other locations around the country.
Our mission does not say we help only some Trans people. Â We help all of them. To the limits of our ability, and sometimes beyond. Â We operate on a “do it yourself” model that allows us to achieve great things at lower cost.
We have more than just Gold Sponsors available. Â We have 3 different classes, and each class has five levels of sponsorship, to allow people to find the right level for them.
The first, and most important level, is the level that isn’t listed, though. Â If you know someone who might be able to donate, spread the word and tell them. Â If we can reach enough people, then we can make this happen. Â For less than the cost of a dinner out.
Other ways to SponsorSponsoring by CheckYou can go to your online bank account system and set up an automatic If you choose that option, make the check payable to This Is HOW This Is H.O.W. You can also just manually write a check to TIH and mail it that way. Direct Deposit to our AccountAdditionally, you can also walk into any branch of Bank of America and To do that, you will need some information: This Is HOW SquareLastly, there is another way to do it, if you don’t mind taking the time You can pay via Square. Â Signing up for an account is free, and there is https://squareup.com/pay-with-square Once you are set up search for This Is HOW in Phoenix, and make your We hope to have an improved payment gateway up and available for you Please remember to tell your friends to donate themselves and become
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Each Sponsorship Level comes with certain recognition gifts. These gifts are as follows:
Subscriptions are to our twice monthly Newsletter to our Sponsors (not available to anyone else), and our Magazine.
The Magazine we will be producing from the Trans Center (shipping 6 weeks after we reach our half way point, digitally at first, and later in Print, featuring articles from leaders and everyday people about the Trans Community).
Sponsor Cards will also act as Discount cards, with the discount level reflecting the level of Sponsorship.  The discounts will apply in our Support Shop, which will be expanding to include the crafts and creations and art and work of Trans people from all walks of life and all habits. Every Sponsor will receive one of these cards, and there’s more to come there, as well.
The Totes, Mugs, and  T shirts,  will be produced in house, as we are using the funds to improve access to such materials for the entire Trans community.
Certificates are framed certificates that mark the Business as an offical Sponsor of This Is HOW, ensuring that Trans folk can know they support us.
Plaques are special plaques we will have made to honor the Sponsor.
Awards are special Awards, engraved with the business name and marking them as Sponsors of This Is HOW.
In addition, all Sponsors will be included here on the website (anonymous donations are also welcome, and will be noted as Anonymous).  Links to their websites will be given if the Sponsor so wishes, or links to the site of their choosing (as long as it is safe for work). This page (and those that it will break out into) will be updated weekly.
Business Sponsors can also choose to have a graphic logo used with their listing, as well as a Sponsor Ad in the new Support Shop when it is completed and goes live.
Checking In On Us
In order to increase our transparency, our newsletter will break things into five parts so that people can follow along with our growth and our service levels to our community.
This Is HOW Annual Campaign Packet
