Knowing your purpose is the foundation of fundraising. There are three questions you should ask of yourself and your organization to know your purpose. The three questions are: What’s God showing me? What’s he telling me to do about what he’sRead more…
5 Ways Board Members Can Raise Money
There are many ways board members can help in fundraising. Today I am exploring five easy ways that trustees can help impact the bottom line. We have to remember that most board members are naturally hesitant about fundraising. After all,Read more…
The Future of Fundraising Is Peer-to-Peer
When I was leading fundraising efforts at a national nonprofit, the focus of everything I did was the individual donor. From coming up with new ways to get donors to give to creating messaging that resonated with their interests, IRead more…
Major Gifts: A Thing of the Heart – Introduction
I was listening to her tell her story. A single mom and her small child in trouble, they were helped by this nonprofit. She told me where they lived, how they both had been abused by a very controlling man,Read more…
Tracking your Donors – 5 Trends
As you track your donors, there are 5 trends you need to carefully monitor. A donor is giving exactly what they promised. A donor increased his or her pledge. A donor stopped giving. A donor decreased his or her giving.Read more…
2016 European Organisational Development and Fundraising Network
This Network’s annual curriculum will focus on helping leaders learn how to do development and fundraising through a variety of biblically-based principles. The Network will be taught by Jerry Twombly, Founder and Executive Director, BGW Development. Prior preparation will be setRead more…
1 December 2015 is GivingTuesday
Following the success of the first ever #GivingTuesday, we’re sending out a call to charities and fundraisers to get involved this year on December 1. #GivingTuesday,launched in the UK last year, achieved tremendous success with over 800 charities and businessesRead more…
Major Gift Fundraising – By the Numbers
With a hat tip to Tony Martignetti, this week’s infographic from Bloomerang, the donor management software vendor, is full of interesting stats and advice re that elusive but much-sought-after fundraising prize: the major gift. Based on data from a Bloomerang survey of more thanRead more…
3 Things to Know About Donor Behavior
When I first got into fundraising, I executed campaigns without worrying too much about donors or spending a lot of time thinking about why or how they responded to particular strategies or appeals. Eventually, I realized that if development professionalsRead more…
6 Steps to Guide Your Fund Raising Presentation
When you sit down for a fund raising presentation you have several questions that need to be answered. How do I begin? When do I talk about my financial goal? When do I ask for their support? Here are 6Read more…