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If fundraising matters, you need to invest in it

If fundraising matters to your organization, then you must invest in it. Have you ever saved for something really important? A car, a house, an education? If you’re saving now, you’ve noticed how low interest rates are. It can be hard to see your savings grow so slowly. Your organization, if you have an endowment […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising Tagged With: fundraising planning, fundraising program, nonprofit staff

How to find your way through fundraising

Fundraising is always changing, so how can you find your way? It can feel hard to keep up. But the basics remain key. To succeed, we must make learning part of our practice. I want to suggest you grab a copy of a new little book from TrueSense Marketing. Who doesn’t need a guide? Their […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising Tagged With: donor retention, fundraising basics, fundraising plan

Please share a moment of humanity with me

Do you ever feel cynical about fundraising or even humanity? It’s a hazard of our age, I guess. I hope it’s not one of our profession, though. You’ve heard that storytelling is key to good fundraising. And you’ve heard that focusing on our donors and showing them need and appreciation are critical. You’ve heard that […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising Tagged With: generosity, storytelling

Do you think fundraising is scary?

Is fundraising scary? I recently posed that question to a group I was training. We were having some fun with a true and false game. Most of the questions were pretty easy to answer. This one was more nuanced. Fundraising is sometimes scary. But it’s almost always needed. So if you’re not doing as well […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising Tagged With: donor retention, fundraising plan, individual giving

How to grow your nonprofit

How to grow your nonprofit Do you think you’re too small to grow? In my consulting practice, I’ve worked with some new, tiny, or small-ish organizations. They’re all feeling the same frustration, however – how to grow. They want simple things: stability, maybe a salary for the ED, or maybe for enough staff to do […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising Tagged With: Fundraising, nonprofit growth

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