What’s more difficult: raising money or deciding which causes to support? Here’s a look at the differences between the two.
Jim Eskin
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.
Politicians, corporate giants, not to mention nonprofit staff, could have salvaged careers by heeding this powerful truth.
It takes a combination of many special attributes to be a successful fundraiser.
