How to Have a Visible and Active Foundation
“With the changes in our financial situation, we are now raising a great deal more money, and much of that is because we had established such strong relationships with donors during our lean years.”
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9 Ways to Keep Your Dream Job a Blessing
You’ve landed your dream job. Next step: make sure it doesn’t become a nightmare. Consider these nine ways to tap your network.
Unlock the Reasons for Starting a Capital Campaign
Is your executive director – or college president – seeking to leave a legacy by launching a capital campaign? Our question – will she or he launch a campaign or successfully complete the campaign? There is a slight difference, one that usually reveals itself when the books are presented to the incoming executive.
Women and philanthropy
Its women’s history month and time to highlight women’s role as philanthropists and fundraisers. We are the grandmother putting money in her granddaughter’s pocket as she heads off to college. We are presidents and CEOs of regional and national foundations. We give as individuals, and we give collectively through women’s foundations and giving circles…
The Psychology of No: How it affects your determination
Fundraising for the arts can be a challenge. It’s one thing to create a show, it’s another thing to secure the resources required to produce it. That’s where Brown’s vision and determined optimism made a difference. After getting his 75th “no” he didn’t give up. Number 76 was…
Professional development pays dividends
The nonprofit “revolving door” is often attributed to employees not feeling valued, not having the tools to be successful, and not having access to training and best practices.
First time fundraising effort raises $75,000
The results? “Requesting donations in the way of services, we quickly landed a sponsorship from Hyatt who made a donation in the form of “discounted” room prices; and in the world of expensive hotel rates of downtown Manhattan, this was a big win. Now, the price of lodging during the concert event was more within reasonable reach for our average choir member”
The “Carnegie Hall or Bust” Fundraiser
We needed to raise funds to underwrite the costs of bringing together a 200-member adult and children chorus from around the country for a performance at Carnegie Hall….” The Robinson’s made a pledge to raise the $140,000 to $170,000 needed to make the dream a reality. This became both their mission and their challenge. And then Robinson recalled a FUNdraising Good Times! column that included a discussion of fundraising and creativity.
How to determine nonprofit software costs
It’s one thing to purchase software, it’s another to manage it… hosted services such as software as a service (SaaS) smaller organizations don’t have to worry about updates and keeping the system up and running. But there are still costs, and these are impacted by the pricing model you choose.
Three ways to evaluate nonprofit technology
Technology plays a critical role in the life of nonprofits, large and small. To help you navigate the maze of software solutions we interviewed nonprofit market researcher Janna Finch of Software Advice, a donor management and fundraising tech resource for nonprofits.