Fundraising Tips and Strategies.
There comes a point in an organization’s journey when you have to question which is more important: quality or quantity? Visibility or engagement? Are we communicating because we have something meaningful to share, or because we feel like we always need to be putting something out?
When a nonprofit doesn’t receive a grant, it’s easy to focus on the application. But sometimes the problem with the grant application started long before anyone opened the
application.
Half of all donations received by your organization happen in the fourth quarter. But to break those stats down even further, half of those gifts come in the month of December, half of those gifts occur the last week of December, and half of those gifts happen the last day of December.
It is easy for nonprofit leaders to move quickly toward the question, “How much can we raise?” But before we get there, there are better questions to ask.
Every nonprofit leader dreams of the moment when a 7-figure project is announced with confidence: a bold goal, an energized board, and donors ready to step up. It could be a capital campaign or a new program or project.
Fundraising for nonprofits is highly seasonal, characterized by a dip during the summer months and a surge at the end of the calendar year
New donors are the lifeblood of any organization. If you stop acquiring new donors, it’s only a matter of time before you, too, will be forced to cut back or close your doors.
Most capital campaigns focus on funding for growth-related projects such as upgrading select facilities, constructing new buildings, procuring needed equipment, improving services, or adding staff specialists.
Most capital campaigns focus on funding for growth-related projects such as upgrading select facilities, constructing new buildings, procuring needed equipment, improving services, or adding staff specialists.
Many nonprofits receive half their major donor revenue in December each year. As a result, they often wait until the fourth quarter of the calendar year to start contacting these critical donors. This approach is a mistake…
