Fundraising
A key part of running a successful nonprofit is securing the vital resources needed to fuel your mission. Explore the ever-evolving strategies, innovative techniques, and best practices that drive successful fundraising campaigns. These articles aim to provide valuable insights into donor engagement, grant writing, crowdfunding, and event planning, all designed to help nonprofit organizations thrive financially.
It’s Not as Scary as You Think: 10 Easy Steps to Launch a Planned Giving Program for Your Nonprofit
Planned giving scares many who work in nonprofits. We think it’s too technical and takes too much time. Here are 10 easy steps to follow to get started with creating a planned giving program at your nonprofit.
Grantmaking in the 2020s: Giving Collectively, with Trust
Giving collectively (collective giving) helps nonprofits address community needs by giving unrestricted (& sometimes unsolicited) grants.
You Got the Grant! Now What?
Nonprofits that do not deliver on the terms of a grant contract are at risk of having to return the funding. Make sure you have a plan.
How to Run a Successful Nonprofit Without Grant Writing
How can you fully fund your nonprofit organization without relying on the process of grant writing? The answer may be simpler than you think.
How Nonprofits Can Use Private Capital for Public Good
Nonprofits that access capital through instruments like social impact bonds, can help fund solutions to larger social problems.
Disrupting the Space of Disaster Philanthropy: A View from the Front Lines
Recovering from a disaster is not a quick process. Here’s how philanthropy must help local communities rebuild.
Ethical Storytelling for Nonprofits
When we embark upon what’s known in the nonprofit world as “donation season,” chances are that your organization thinks about putting together a fundraising video or other media that demonstrates the impact of your work.
Can’t Raise Cash Through No VAULT of Your Own?
Seven results-based ideas and three relationship-based ideas on how to build your nonprofit’s capital structure.
Functional Expenses Decreased During Covid-19? How to Prepare for Conversations with Funders
It’s important to be open and honest in communications with funders. Nonprofits should articulate why the metrics may have changed.
Still Publishing Donor Names? Ditch the List
Six reasons to abandon the stale practice of including a donor list in your nonprofit’s annual report.