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.
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.
Empowering Next Generation Leaders through Crowdfunding
Launching a crowdfunding campaign is the easy part. The real work is building a community of supporters, a movement of change-makers.
Some Say Fundraising Is Just Sales: They’re Wrong!
You need belief in your organization’s ability to make an impact; belief in those your organization serves; and belief in the funder and their desire to create change in partnership with your organization.
Fundraising for “Friends of” Organizations
Work your advantages as a “Friend of,” and your fundraising efforts will have you feeling like the cat’s pajamas!