What is the difference, a board is a board, right?
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a board of directors and an advisory board?
After all, a board is a board, right?
Not always!
Let me start of by explaining what an advisory board is.
An advisory board is a group of…
What is fund development?
Fundraising. Development. More often than not, when people hear these terms, their reactions range somewhere on the spectrum from “necessary evil” to “begging” to “selling.” In other cases, these terms conjure up notions of…
Simple steps to starting a nonprofit organization
Have you always dreamed of starting an organization to help others?
Do you have vision and passion, but, lack the “know how?’
See a need in your community but don’t know where to begin?
Let me give you a few simple steps that you can …
Where do you begin with Major Gifts?
The elusive major gift. The amount is different for each organization. Some organizations might consider a major gift as $500 while others would consider one at $50,000.
Whatever your major gift level is, the process to establishing a program…
Do you believe in Twitter?
New to Twitter?
Think that this is the place to be for your nonprofit, but, don't know how to get started?
Well, I felt that way too.
But, I am going to share with you 5 steps that you can take to get your tweets off to the right start.
Here…
A simple newsletter, or is it really?
I was taking a glance at a non-profit newsletter today and a few things struck me about the content.
Graphical design, I truly don't care about. Some of the best non-profit engaging newsletters have limited graphical appeal.
You can have all…
Outsource fundraising, really?
Outsourcing fundraising!
And, I don't mean to India or China either.
But, why can't you outsource the low-end tasks of fundraising?
Remembering the 80/20 rule, those in nonprofits with limited staffing need to be keeping their eye on the…
80/20 rule and no not for major gifts!
What does the Pareto Principle have to do with fundraising?
We oftentimes hear one say, that 80% of the gifts will come from 20% of the donors. Today, in fact, that is more like 90%/10%. But the Pareto Principle applies to much more than just…
Why a feasibility study is important
Have you ever wondered if you should conduct a feasibility study for a Capital Campaign?
Oftentimes, I have heard non-profit groups saying, “Let’s just start the campaign!”
And, if you are a small nonprofit, I would urge against by-passing…
Do you have a long-range fund development strategic plan?
Are you operating your fund development without a long-range strategic plan? If so, you might be operating from a reactive crisis-driven position rather than a proactive visionary one. And, that in the long-term will hamper your fundraising…
A culture of philanthropy
Do you often time feel unsupported in your fundraising work?
Does all of the program staff look at you with blank stares on their faces when you report your success?
Do your board members have high expectations for you to bring in the money?
Are…
Are your grants winning ones?
Grant writing is an excellent strategy in the fundraising toolbox. Each year there are billions given out to worthy non-profits either through federal and state governments, corporations and private and family foundations.
Here is what you…
