The Donor Pipeline

The purpose of fundraising is to enable your nonprofit to serve the world. A steady and reliable funding stream makes your work possible. The stream start with prospective donors and ends with highly engaged, fiercely loyal, and hugely generous donors.

Prospects are the start of the process. Without prospects the donor base will melt away […]

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Be Careful Applying for Grants

Foundation grants can be very helpful but you must manage the risks. […]

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Scalable Fundraising

For many nonprofits, fundraising is at the heart of sustainability. At the same time, many nonprofits have a hard time repeating fundraising success from one year to the next. […]

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Are Grants Cost Effective?

Grants are an important and valuable source of funding for nonprofits. However, there are expenses associated with grants that can make them unattractive. […]

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Capital Requirements

Grants are an important and valuable source of funding for nonprofits. Like most things, grants work better for some applications than others. […]

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The Risk of Grants

Grants are an important and valuable source of funding for nonprofits. However, there are a few risks associated with grants. […]

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Funding Your Mission

It is important to have a mission big enough to attract the donors your mission needs to be sustainable. In other words, it is not the number of donors that you have that is important; it is the size of your mission. […]

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How Do You Measure Sustainability?

A ‘sustainable funding stream’ is great jargon. Do you have a concrete definition? […]

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Who Is Going to Pay for That?

When it is time to fund a project or an expense, the search begins for a nonprofit donor or group of donors to pay for it. Is that the right way to do things? […]

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What Fits Your Nonprofit?

Resourcing and focusing the fundraising office of a nonprofit are critical to success. […]

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