Corporate Partnerships: What Does Your Nonprofit Bring to the Table?
Growing a corporate partnership program requires a strong data management system and sound evaluation strategies.
Category Archives: FUNdraising Good Times
Investing in Fundraising Success
A challenging fundraising environment should be met with strategic investments in fund development and infrastructure.
Nonprofit overhead costs
Move beyond the “Overhead Myth”! Overhead ratios do not communicate effectiveness. Impact is the true measure of nonprofit success.
Start Small, Think Big
Don’t take small donors for granted — show them you care. Craft a personalized outreach program to grow donors who may be able to make a larger impact.
Setting an annual fundraising goal
Did your nonprofit meet its 2013 fundraising goal? The answer, and the reasons why, will be important to consider when setting a goal for 2014.
Summer Reading Can Increase Revenue in the Fall
If you’re serious about improving your fundraising success, and who isn’t these days, this resource will be a blessing for everybody who goes out in your name to raise money.
Donor Research
Do major gifts to nonprofits fall from the sky, or are they more typically the result of deep commitment, relationships, and the ability to use the tools and data available to nonprofits? Learn more about the importance of donor research and truly understanding your donors’ values and motivations.
How to engage major donors
“When you are donor-centric, you don’t think in terms of ‘they should give us X; they are really rich’… one of the biggest factors that impede groups from attracting such gifts is their lack of interest or ability to see donors as partners versus a source of funds.”
Preparing for your Capital Campaign-Asking the right questions
Considering a capital campaign? It’s not fundraising as usual. Learn how to prepare.
Social Capital
Sabbaticals for leaders: a form of creative disruption that strengthens the nonprofit sector