The San Francisco Bay Area lost an icon and hero last month when we lost Dr. George Davis. Dr. Davis was a true visionary, a community leader, renowned gerontologist, minister, soul food connoisseur, sports fanatic, and devoted husband. First there are his many worldly accomplishments: He led San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Center for
So often we are asked “how do I find people who want to support our organization?” There are many answers to the question. One way is to engage in donor research. To cut through the mystery around “donor research” we talked with Kevin Burns recently and asked him some questions on your behalf. Kevin is
Writing grants is a major source of revenue for many non-profits. However, writing the proposal is only one part of the process. We asked Patrick Heryford, the director of corporate and foundation relations for the YMCA of San Francisco to share his experience. Saad & Shaw: You mentioned that there is so much more to
Do you remember your New Year’s Resolutions? Do you recall the one about being a better board member? We want to encourage you to stick with your resolution. We want to encourage you to strengthen your commitment to the organizations and institutionsyou believe in. It is so easy to fall into the trap of criticizing
Now is the time to give to support the people of Haiti. Learn the questions you should ask yourself before you give. Make sure your gift will make an impact.
Here are five sites for you to visit as you prepare to give in support of relief for Haiti. Take a look. Give now. Give a month from now. Give again in six months.
Hillary Clinton knows a lot about a lot of things. And fundraising is definately one of the things she knows inside and out. Find out how she helped raised $54 million in nine months without solicting gifts. And learn the six take-away lessons you can apply to fundraising at your organization or institution.
Do you hire staff to raise money for your organization or are staff members responsible for identifying and motivating volunteers who have the passion and connections to secure the money you need? We believe it is volunteers who are responsible for raising funds for non-profit organizations. The Alameda County Health Care Foundation’s current campaign to
Last week we conducted two different workshops for board members from two distinctly different organizations on different sides of the country. One was a board comprised of medical professionals, the other was a University foundation board with diverse membership. One has an annual fundraising goal of less than $500,000 and the other has a $4.2
Welcome guest blogger Cheryl Clarke. Here’s Cheryl’s words of wisdom on proposal writing in the age of twitter. Twitter proposals. That’s what I call those online grant application forms that ask a series of questions which applicants must answer within a specified word, or even character, count. Can a nonprofit agency effectively tell its proposal story given
