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 nonprofit 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.
Check out our Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Fundraising for the best fundraising ideas and strategies.
Funder’s Corner: The Grateful Donor
How are you motivating donors? Pamela Davis shares her perspective as a grateful donor on what motivates her to give (and what doesn’t).
How to Cultivate Big Donors with a Small Staff
Six strategies that can help nonprofits when embarking on major donor cultivation, even if your development department is tiny.
Win Back Your Lapsed Donors: 3 Effective Strategies
Motivate lapsed donors to resume their support for your nonprofit with strategies that make it easy for them to give and stay updated on your progress.
NextGen Nexus: The New Face of Philanthropy, Courtesy of Young America
Nonprofits must speak directly and authentically to Young America’s beliefs to have any hope of converting them to highly active supporters.
3 Online Fundraising Tips for Small Nonprofits
How to use digital fundraising tools to ease your nonprofit’s workload and raise more money in the process.
Finding Your Data Path to Success, Part 2: What We Learned Along the Way
Mapping where data is stored, along with creating a logic model that shows important outcomes to track, helps your nonprofit focus resources.
What I Learned as a Funder: Frank Tips for Nonprofits
Funders and nonprofits should keep sight of the fact that human beings are on the other side of the table. Social sector work is about people.
Funder’s Corner: Finding Your Data Path to Success
Interview with Ken Doane of SH Cowell Foundation, one of the remaining funders committed to supporting capacity building.
Want Equity? Then It’s Time to Break the Rules!
Do not buy into the idea that things will never change. The work is too important, the consequences too severe, for us to let fear stop us.
Social Enterprise & Earned Income: A Key To Revenue or a Distraction?
It sounds like a great idea to start a social enterprise that provides both income and impact, but it’s a bit more complicated than that.