
The Best Place to Find New Donor Prospects for Your Non-Profit
Almost every non-profit organization wants to find new prospects to keep their donor funnel full. Without new prospects coming into the pipeline, there won’t be anybody to cultivate, you won’t

Prospect Research: 6 Things to Look For in a Potential Donor
Guest Post by: Adam Weinger When you implement donor research in your fundraising strategy, you’ll learn more about your existing donors and spot potential major giving opportunities. But what if

Stay Focused, Fundraiser!
Recently, I’ve encountered a phenomenon among development staffs and non-profit executive directors that seems to effect organizations both large and small. It causes non-profits to raise less money than they

What to Do When a Major Donor Prospect Says No
Is there any more depressing word in the fundraiser’s lexicon than “no”? It means all of your efforts, research, and cultivation will not be resulting in a gift from this

Why Your Non-Profit Should Avoid #GivingTuesday Like the Plague
We’ve recently revisited this post. Read why we still think most nonprofits can skip Giving Tuesday, here. Have you heard about Giving Tuesday (or, as most people write it,

Getting Serious About Your Fundraising Efforts
How serious is your non-profit about your fundraising efforts? Depending on the size of your organization, here are some things to think about: For Small Non-Profits… If you run a

Fundraising & Public Relations: What’s the Connection?
As development professionals, volunteers, and board members, we spend a lot of time searching for new prospects… trying to find new individuals, companies and foundations who might respond to our

The Four Key Fundraising Roles of Your Board of Directors
Far too many non-profit fundraisers approach board fundraising as if they have boards full of movers and shakers who know how to raise money, even when that’s not the case.

Here’s How to Raise More Money with Your Next Fundraising Letter
I am in the middle of writing a direct mail fundraising letter for a non-profit client, and tomorrow I will be presenting the letter to them, and explaining why it

17 Ways to Raise $25,000 for Your Organization
As people responsible for fundraising for non-profit organizations, we often get “analysis paralysis,” the inability to decide on a course of action. We spend so much time reviewing great new

Creative Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofit Organizations
Every school, church, and charity should be using the tried and true methods of raising money: individual giving, events, direct mail, grants, etc. But what happens when those fundraising sources

Fundraising on the Internet
Many organizations have the misguided notion that if they just make that “donate now!” button bigger, or if they just hit on the secret formula that no one will tell

The Best Ways to Identify a Planned Giving Prospect for Your Non-Profit
Guest Post by Ryan Woroniecki from DonorSearch A planned giving prospect is a donor who makes preparations in the present to donate money to a nonprofit in the future, either

The Power of Positive Donor Communications
Over the past month I’ve received one fundraising letter and two fundraising e-mails that attempted to shame me into making a gift. One asked why I hadn’t given in the

5 Great Silent Auction Ideas for Your Next Event
Guest Post by Zach Hagopian from Accelevents You’ve decided to use a silent auction at your fundraiser… before finalizing plans, you will first need to collect amazing silent auction items to sell