The third installment in our year-long series on fundraising basics focuses on special campaigns. In this multi-feature special report:
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Safety Line
What do a nonprofit organization that helps low-income families and a used-car lot have in common? In most cases, not much.
Read MoreAll the News …
Trying to stay updated with what’s going on in the nonprofit sector? Check out the News section on the FS homepage . It’s updated daily with the most current sector press releases, news articles and other announcements. Subscribe to our News RSS feed and get news updates sent to you!Grace and GritIt’s never easy compiling…
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As of this issue, FS Associate Senior Editor Melissa Busch has transferred to another publication within our parent company. We wish her all the best in her new endeavor. Coming back into the FS fold is former Senior Editor Abny Santicola, who will take over as managing editor for the magazine.
Read MoreGrace and Grit
It’s never easy compiling our annual Fundraising Professionals of the Year Awards issue, but in our cover story, “Grace and Grit,” we reveal who your peers and the FS staff have chosen as the hottest and most laudable fundraisers in the nonprofit sector for 2009. In “Diversify, Diversify, Diversify,” Heather Burton explains why weathering the…
Read MoreGrace and Grit
It’s never easy compiling our annual Fundraising Professionals of the Year Awards issue, but in our cover story, “Grace and Grit,” we reveal who your peers and the FS staff have chosen as the hottest and most laudable fundraisers in the nonprofit sector for 2009. In “Diversify, Diversify, Diversify,” Heather Burton explains why weathering the…
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“Pretty sharp stuff, Heather. It’s very straightforward. As someone who is actively working on things like this at my organization, I can say that your reasoning is spot-on. There are simply too many options out there to rely on the ‘old ways.’ Keep up the good work!” — Comment for “Makin’ It on MySpace,” posted Nov. 26 by Tim Brauhn from The 1010 Project.
Read MoreComing Clean
Let me preface this by saying that I’ve been told that I’m too hard on myself (and, unfortunately, on everyone around me — but that’s another story). I hope you’ll agree (with the first part, anyway) when I fess up to the misgivings I’ve been having about some of our editorial content. I’m mainly talking about our weekly e-letter, the FS Advisor, and our newest e-letter, Giving 2.0. We’ve been rather short-staffed for what seems like forever, and I’ve been losing sleep (yes, literally — how sad is that?) over the fact that a lot of our e-letter content has been picked up
Read More2007 Article Index for FundRaising Success
Awards2007 Fundraising Professionals of the Year Awards by Margaret Battistelli, February H **2007 Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence by Margaret Battistelli and Abny Santicola, September H **BrandingNet Gain: The Young and the Restless by Nick Allen, February GFundraiser Confidential: The Pursuit of Brand Happiness by Todd Baker, May GTag(line)! You’re It! by Richard Deveau, September…
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