Feb 3, 2021 | Fundraising Adventures
FIVE WAYS TO FOSTER LONG-LASTING BOARD ENGAGEMENT Running a nonprofit has many unique challenges, but an engaged and invested board should not be one of them. If one of your biggest problems in running your organization is engaging your board members in fundraising,...
Aug 26, 2020 | Fundraising Adventures
For every person making a gift to a charity, there is someone who quits giving. With the average industry retention rate at a dismal 45%, it appears only an elite bunch have found the winning formula for success in fundraising. Experts tell us if we focus on...
May 22, 2019 | Fundraising Adventures
Did you know that two-thirds of people fear money and all its related issues more than spiders, snakes, and even death? We don’t leave this anxiety at home when we head to work, either. Nonprofit leaders falling into this group can experience fear, loathing and...
Apr 24, 2019 | Fundraising Adventures
America’s nonprofits could not survive without volunteers and they play a key role in helping charities raise more money from the community. Volunteers give their time, talent and treasure to the causes they support, and organizations with a robust culture of...
Mar 20, 2019 | Fundraising Adventures
Some nonprofits seem to have ‘the luck of the Irish.’ They win the big grants, they attract the big money donors, and they grow and thrive in seemingly rocky soil. It looks effortless to you, from the outside, so it’s easy to believe they have a supernatural secret to...
Feb 20, 2019 | Fundraising Adventures
Solving major societal problems such as poverty, hunger or global warming isn’t for sissies. If we’re serious about resolving these issues in the nonprofit sector, it’s going to take a large group of champions and superheroes all fighting on the same team. If...
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