Donations
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.
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.
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!
In-Kind Fundraising: A Great Way to Expand Your Budget
In-kind solicitation enables you to supplement your budget in meaningful ways, create stronger, lasting mutual relationships, and more.
Succeeding When You’re Small: Lessons Learned from DonorsChoose.org
Learning from the experience of those who started a nonprofit out of their basement and grew to be nationally recognized leaders.
Branching out: Raising more dollars by understanding donors’ differences
Broaden your fundraising tactics to be more inclusive of multigenerational giving. Employ technology to save time and resources.
Ask Rita: Is it Legal to Require Nonprofit Employees to Donate Gifts?
Nonprofits are always looking for creative ways to raise funds, but requiring employees to make financial donations is unlawful.