The foundation now hosts a sell-out gala that is nothing short of spectacular. How did it get started? By a board member! We used the gala specifically as a way to challenge and change the business community’s and donor community’s public perception of us.
“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.”
You’ve landed your dream job. Next step: make sure it doesn’t become a nightmare. Consider these nine ways to tap your network.
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.
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.
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”
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.
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.
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.
If your board doesn’t use a fundraising commitment form, now is the time to introduce this. Most likely there will be resistance. That is a good thing…
