Is This Good Stewardship?

After a recent hurricane, a nonprofit gathered some volunteers and supplies and replaced the exterior surface of a homeowner’s roof to eliminate leaks and allow the owner to continue to live there. It is important to note that before replacing the exterior surface of the roof, the volunteers reported to the nonprofit that the house […]

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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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A Personal Relationship

The relationships between most donors and the nonprofits they support are transactional. The nonprofits ask for support, the donors write checks, and the nonprofits express gratitude. The nonprofits ask again and if the donors respond, the relationships continue at that level until they end. The nonprofits assume that since they receive checks, the relationships are […]

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Fortifying Your Support

With a few changes you can increase the support of your nonprofit’s donors. […]

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Creating Stakeholder Value

Creating stakeholder value is the reason a nonprofit exists. A mission statement is the public declaration of the value a nonprofit intends to create (the promise the nonprofit must keep). […]

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Your Value Proposition

A few more donors and volunteers would be nice. If they found your nonprofit rather than your having to find them, it would be nicer. It is possible. […]

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What Is Wrong?

Occasionally fundraising misses its year-end goal. There are four reasons that happens and all of them are internal: […]

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