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GUEST POST // 8 Most Valuable Nonprofit Recurring Reports to Assess
Which recurring reports are actually useful for nonprofit professionals? This guide reviews the best recurring reports to help grow your fundraising efforts.
Attract Major Donors and Double Your Unrestricted Revenue
You don’t need to buy a wealth screening software for your staff to be able to FIND major donors.
But you DO need to start doing the things that ATTRACT major donors to self-identify themselves.
Here are 5 things my clients do to 2X-5X their unrestricted charitable (gen-ops) dollars . . .
Nonprofit Fundraising: You Need to SPEND Money to RAISE Money
Can I be blunt?
90% of RAISING to budget every year is about SPENDING money on the right things.
Already have hives?
If you’re NOT consistently spending on the resources you need to reach or exceed your budget every year, it’s likely you’re NOT growing at the pace you’d like.
GUEST POST // How Does the Matching Gift Process Work? A Simplified Look
Imagine a world where every act of generosity creates a chain of goodwill, leading to increased support. Corporate matching gift programs make this dream a reality!
Nonprofit Leaders: Are your goals high enough?
I’m finally reading Grant Cardone’s The 10X Rule after so many people have told me to read it. It’s great.
Here’s the big bold statement I 100% agree with . . .
“Biggest mistake people make is not setting their goals and targets high enough.” —Grant Cardone
GUEST POST // Understanding Nonprofit In-Kind Donations: 4 Things to Know
In the world of nonprofit fundraising, it can be challenging to strike the right balance between asking for enough donations to fund your mission and requesting so many that your donors feel fatigued. One of the best ways to approach this challenge is to alternate requesting monetary gifts with promoting other ways to support your organization, such as volunteering, attending fundraising events, and contributing in-kind donations.
The Game Changer On LinkedIn (Infusing Storytelling to Maximize Your Content & Attract Large Donors)
Can you really grow your visibility and start attracting funders on LinkedIn?
Well, I've invited my colleague and friend, Bofta Yimam, to walk us through how she approaches this exact thing! (Cause this is what she does!)
Bofta will be hosting:
The Game Changer On LinkedIn (Infusing Storytelling to Maximize Your Content and Attract Large Donors)
We'll do this on Thursday, May 9th at 10:00 am CT in a short 30-minute intensive followed by a 15-minute Q & A.
FORBES Nonprofit Council // Relational Fundraising — What It Is And How To Improve Your Efforts
This is a note to let you know that I'll be regularly contributing to the Forbes Nonprofit Council!
In these articles I'll be sharing insights on: out-of-the-box fundraising principles, extreme growth, expansive revenue potential, creating high-ROI revenue generating teams and boards, revenue diversification, securing more gen-ops dollars, and building your reserve fund!
SCALING YOUR NONPROFIT 10X — Guest Webcast with Yamilee Toussaint hosted by Donorsearch and Jay Frost
This week I had the privilege of being on the Philanthropy Masterminds Series webcast with my client and colleague, Yamilee Toussaint, Founder and CEO of STEM From Dance! You are all familiar with this great series hosted by Donorsearch and Jay Frost.
We talked about BIG visions, BIG growth, and BIG donations. ← Yamilee is the Queen of this BTW.
The Better Approach To Your Nonprofit Goal Setting—A Totally Different Pace
For too long the nonprofit sector has told everyone that fundraising is about setting a goal, one time.
You know…What’s your Gala goal? What’s your Giving Tuesday goal? What’s the Campaign goal? What’s your Golf Outing goal?
What’s worse is teams and even boards become obsessed with hitting these types of goals way more than reaching the overall annual need of the organization.
The Leaders of Growing Nonprofits are doing these things DIFFERENTLY . . .
The other day I was thinking through my decade-plus of clients and reflecting on what the leaders whose nonprofits scaled at a higher rate were doing differently. There were a few distinct themes separating those who were aggressively scaling vs. moderately growing.
GUEST POST // Grant Writing Essentials: 5 Foundational Tips for Newbies
Let’s say you’ve just been handed your first grant writing project. Welcome to the club!
With little experience and real grant dollars on the line for your organization, the stakes can feel high. For some grants, competition can be quite fierce.
But have no fear—grant writing is a learnable skill that many nonprofit professionals have mastered.
The Questions You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Your Nonprofit Board—with Mary Hiland
I got so much positive feedback on this interview with Mary Hiland back in February that I want to make sure you saw this episode!
I asked Mary a handful of the board related questions I always hear from the leaders I work with! The first one…Is it the board's responsibility to fundraise?