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And This Little Nonprofit Cried ‘We We We’ All The Way To Bankruptcy

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By: Ephraim Gopin Your organization is 24/7/365 busy changing lives. Helping youth at risk graduate school, providing people experiencing homelessness a hot meal and a bed to sleep in, ensuring elderly persons receive the care they deserve. Your team works overtime to help your beneficiaries. Your volunteers give their all to turn the words of […]

Filed Under: Blog, Marketing Communications Tagged With: donor communications, marketing communications 2 Comments

Who is your annual report working for, anyway?

Who is your report working for?

Even in smaller organizations, an annual report has a way of taking up a lot of space. (Or time, but they’re the same thing, I’m told.) Day to day work halts. Reports are requested from all departments. Designers and writers are hired. An annual report is often seen as the one marketing piece worth investing […]

Filed Under: Blog, Donor communications Tagged With: donor communications, donor relations, gratitude 2 Comments

Summer round-up: free tools for you

Summer tools - come and get them!

(Originally posted in 2017… updated for you!) It’s summer. It’s hot. So today’s post is an easy one: no heavy lift, and maybe a little help. Here’s a grab bag of free or cheap tools I use and like. Remember, sometimes, free isn’t so free – the time and effort you put into something matters. […]

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Are you sending donors something to treasure?

Create something donors can treasure

The other night, I was desperate for something to watch. I didn’t want to bother with a movie – just something to fall asleep to. I settled on the National Geographic channel. And it reminded me of the magazines. I no longer subscribe, because I just can’t find the time. But I loved reading them. […]

Filed Under: Blog, Donor communications Tagged With: donor communications, donor love 3 Comments

Are you missing important donors?

Volunteers are donors too

Fundraisers spend a good amount of time thinking about their donors – at least if they want to succeed. But there may be a group of people you’re not thinking of: your volunteers. Fundraising staff might not be responsible for managing volunteers – interviewing, scheduling, assigning. But you might want to consider getting to know […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising Tagged With: donor communications, donor relationships, volunteers 2 Comments

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