from conservancy.apps.fundgoal.models import FundraisingGoal as FundraisingGoal def fundgoal_lookup(fundraiser_sought): try: return FundraisingGoal.objects.get(fundraiser_code_name=fundraiser_sought) except FundraisingGoal.DoesNotExist: # we have no object! do something return None def sitefundraiser(request): return {'sitefundgoal': fundgoal_lookup('supporterrun') }