How did year-end giving season go for you? Have you thought about hosting a data-dump party yet for your team? If not, do it! And, please, for the love of the fundraising profession everywhere, make it fun! Choose a theme and make it fun – Data superheroes, data monsters, show me the data and we’ll […]
Fundraising Tips
A Guide to Starting Your Fundraising Year Strong
How are you investing in yourself and your people this year? Our People – donors, staff, volunteers, leaders, board members and YOU – make our fundraising practices unique from mission to mission. Somehow, we all come together and create strategies, practices and investments to enhance, grow and make our missions come to life. Here are […]
Top 10 Ways to Jumpstart Individual Giving in the New Year
Strategy is such a big concept! Does it include planning, goals, metrics, accountability, intentionality? Yep. All of those and more. Building and refining fundraising strategies is something we hear in our work regularly. The bottom line is you must be intentional with how you raise the funds necessary for your organization to carry out its […]
Building a Foundation Really Does Lead to Success in Fundraising
Be honest: of all the responsibilities you have as a fundraiser, some are more exciting or fulfilling than others, right? Cleaning up your donor database, sending tax letters and writing gift policies aren’t the type of things that get you out of bed in the morning, are they? When we think about fundraising – and […]
As a New Year Kicks Off, Make Sure Your Case for Support is Up to Date
What we say and how we say it matters. Balancing urgency, impact and empathy is the goal when sharing information to stakeholders about how to support your mission and vision for your organization. Wordsmithing can be tedious but it’s important to get it right! Do you work better with a blank sheet of paper or […]
Give to Yourself So You Can Give Your Best During Year-End Giving Season
Fundraisers, how are you giving to yourself? This is the most generous time of year! For us in the nonprofit fundraising field, year-end is usually our busiest time of year. On top of making sure our year-end plans are set, we must have consensus from leadership, our team and our board of directors (which we […]
