Does Your Organization Serve Children and Families? How to Get Your Board...
Organizations that serve the needs of children and families often really heavily on their boards for fundraising support. Based on our work with hundreds of nonprofits, however, we understand that...
View Article10 Questions that Advocacy Organizations Should Ask When Soliciting a Major Gift
Major gifts are generally a large part of an advocacy organization’s annual revenue. As an advocacy organization, your supporters are passionate about your cause and in many cases are willing to put...
View ArticleStrategies That Human Services Organizations Can Use to Generate In-Kind...
Human Services organizations, more than any other type of nonprofit, count on in-kind donations for a large portion of their annual revenue. With the holiday season approaching it is important that you...
View Article3 Reasons Your Arts Organization May Be Struggling
Ask anyone who is trying to balance a budget and produce great art and they’ll tell you it’s very difficult. They are right. Also, arts organizations in the United States are now challenged by major...
View Article3 Cultivation Events Strategies that Will Put Your Educational Organization...
Educational nonprofits often rely on annual events for a large portion of their annual revenue. With a variety of possible supporters including current students, parents, alumni, teachers, and...
View Article10 Essential Ways to Ready for Year-End Fundraising & #GivingTuesday
As the calendar is now undeniably October, that means we must not just prepare – but begin to execute – as we enter fundraising’s most critical time of year when more than $100 billion will be given...
View ArticleExpand Your #GivingTuesday Reach & Results with Board, Staff & Volunteers
During the month of December, more than $100 billion will be given to nonprofit organizations throughout the US and $30 billion of that total, comes in the final two days of the month. To tap into...
View ArticleUpcoming Grant Opportuinties
NCTM Accepting Applications for Grants to Engage 6-8 Grade Students in Mathematics The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is accepting applications for Engaging Students in Learning...
View ArticleWhere Nonprofits Need to Put Money to Get Fundraising Results
The logic and evidence that makes the adage “it’s easier to keep a customer than find a new one” enduring wisdom in the private sector is the same lens through which the nonprofit sector should...
View ArticleUsing Ambassadors to Fully Leverage Social Media
With #GivingTuesday, and a variety of other local giving days, right around the corner, we have been thinking a lot about social media. Nonprofits have been using social media, with varying degrees of...
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