#320
There are so many ways for Board members to impact an organization. I liken it to a trip to Disneyland. To enter, you have to buy a ticket (invest personally […]
#318
Building your development staff to grow the organization’s fundraising capacity is vital. Also vital is hiring development professionals that can carry weight…in other words…add significant value to the enterprise by […]
#317
Every organization looks for the rainmaker in development. It’s not a unicorn. Rainmakers do exist. What does a rainmaker look like? This is an individual that puts in lots of […]
#316
You can’t squeeze apple juice out of lemons no matter how hard you try. Managing expectations, especially the unrealistic ones of the CEO, volunteer, and donor is a skill that […]
#315
Trust-based philanthropy is a charitable approach that seeks to rebalance power and decision-making between donors, nonprofits and communities. Trust-based philanthropy is a partnership model that has existed since the dawn […]
#313
Organizational leaders need to be prepared to answer the question about how the organization would invest $1 million, $10 million, $100 million, or $1 billion (depending on the scale of […]
#312
Fundraisers don’t often get the credit they deserve for driving positive change through philanthropy at their organization. The truly great fundraisers don’t need to get the credit to be satisfied, […]
#311
There are more than a dozen reasons why fundraising campaigns are important to nonprofit organizations. Beyond the fact that they help an organization accomplish a set of objectives, campaigns typically […]
#310
Good fundraising requires a system of measurement. If you don’t believe in scorecards and you don’t like the thought of being measured by a scorecard, fundraising is probably not for […]
#308
Most organizations have clear plans for recognizing annual donors across giving levels and often recognize them in their annual reports. Capital campaigns offer donor walls to recognize donors. Fewer organizations […]