Mr. Grober is now promoting special shopping days to the arts community as easy fund-raising events.
Reconciling religious tradition with modernity is a more nuanced endeavor than defending orthodoxy from any murmur of compromise, and allying with the poor is not a recipe for easy fund-raising.
The banks have easy funding.
"We experienced major delays because there is no easy funding stream for assisted living in New York State," she explained.
Another kink, experts say, is that while crowdfunding offers a platform for exposure and easy funding, there's no guarantee that the product will be well-designed.
The quick and easy fund-raising process can be credited to NEA's longstanding relationships with more than 170 investors the nation's largest pensions, foundations and endowments, and wealthy individuals all of whom enjoyed triple-digit returns from 1996 to 1999.
Roshnee is one of the many optical startups, which are finding easy funding from the venture capital community.
"It was probably one of the easiest fund-raisers and funnest fund-raisers to put together," said Doreen Caruso, president and co-founder of the Pilot House.
T That will translate into easier fund-raising, they said, and will help them attract better Democratic candidates to run in these traditionally Republican counties.
"It was the easiest fund-raising I have ever had to do," Mr. Sharansky said, "because people are so concerned for Jerusalem.
Eventually, it came down to one major choice: broaden the scope of our mission massively to include new issues with easier funding opportunities, or stay focused on our LRA commitments at a much smaller size.
