Can we talk about year-end fundraising now? Because maybe thinking about the crazy days while they’re still fresh will help make 2020 year-end easier. I’ve been involved in a conversation on Twitter recently with other nonprofit fundraisers and a few smart donors. The conversation veered from “My inbox is exploding!” and “I gave three months […]
And This Little Nonprofit Cried ‘We We We’ All The Way To Bankruptcy
By: Ephraim Gopin Your nonprofit 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 […]
Who is your annual report working for, anyway?
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 in. After […]
Are you sending donors something to treasure?
What do your donors treasure? The other night, I was desperate for something to watch. But 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 […]
Volunteers: are you missing these important donors?
Do you think of volunteers as 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 […]
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