Strategic Planning

Conventional wisdom says to start planning seriously for your year-end fundraising in August — or even earlier.

Scenario planning should not only be looked at from a financial perspective.

Now is the time to build resilience into our systems, allow for adaptation along the way and master change management.

For every nonprofit receiving a donation, there are myriad nonprofits with similar missions that have missed out on that gift.

Like our counterparts when COVID-19 hit, Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan faced significant challenges.

Even before the pandemic, nonprofits had trouble keeping staff. The situation that has transpired in 2020 only made things worse.

Leah Davenport is joined by Leena Patel of Patient Access Network Foundation and Matthew Mielcarek of Pursuant.

As marketers and fundraisers, adapting to donor behavior and current economic conditions has always been a requisite for success.

It is critical to point your organization back to your mission, vision and values during times of hardship.

I am disheartened by the recent reports that point to the likelihood of a great many nonprofits shutting their doors.