Jim Eskin
After a successful career leading advancement for three institutions of higher education, Jim Eskin launched his consulting practice, Eskin Fundraising Training, which builds on the success of his more than 250 fundraising workshops, webinars, webcasts, podcasts and board sessions, and provides the training, coaching and support services that nonprofits need to compete for and secure major gifts.
He has authored more than 150 guest columns that have appeared in daily newspapers, business journals and blogs across the country, and publishes Stratagems, a monthly e-newsletter exploring timely issues and trends in philanthropy. He is the author of “10 Simple Fundraising Lessons” and “How To Score Your First or Next Million-Dollar Gift.”
While there are no one-size-fits-all solutions, here are 10 of the most effective methods for communicating with your stakeholders.
What’s more difficult: raising money or deciding which causes to support? Here’s a look at the differences between the two.
Nothing should be more personal and passionate than thanking donors. Here are 10 lessons that are essential to retaining donors.
Let’s discuss some responses to pushback that will leave you well-equipped to communicate with donors.
I want to share 10 pragmatic ways that nonprofit leaders can more effectively ask for and secure gifts that will fuel their missions.
It’s a safe bet that all 798 nonprofits that received transformational grants from MacKenzie Scott and her husband Dan Jewett, totaling close to $9 billion, believe in miracles. They all were beneficiaries of the most awesome display of philanthropy in size, speed and flexibility that we’ve ever seen in history...
At first, I thought that Erica’s approach to monthly giving sounded too good to be true. But after the two webinars, several delightful conversations and reading her new book, "Monthly Giving Made Easy," I’m convinced that it definitely is that good and that easy!...
For most of the past year, the question of donor meetings was a no-brainer.
Perhaps more so than in the for-profit sector, leadership is crucial to the success of nonprofits.
Fundraising is a combination of art and science. There is no guarantee in this profession other than if you don’t ask, you don’t get.














