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Getting Major Gifts, Third Edition, 2000.

By Kim Klein

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In a healthy nonprofit organization, 60 percent of the money comes from 10 percent of the donors. These are the Grassroots Fundraising Journal's ten best articles on how to develop a major gifts program - putting the most lucrative fundraising strategy within reach of small nonprofits. You'll learn in detail how to find prospects and ask them for money, then ask them for more money. This booklet makes for great preparation material for solicitors to read before embarking on a major gifts campaign.

TABLE OF CONTENTS (free sample content is linked below):

Introduction

Getting Major Gifts: The Basics

Getting Over the Fear of Asking

The Fine Art of Asking for the Gift

Setting Up the Major Gifts Meeting

Responding to Put-Offs

Twenty Common Questions

Conducting a Major Gifts Campaign

Keeping in Touch with Major Donors

Going Back to Major Donors

Moving Up to the Big Gift

The Importance of Upgrading

Clean Up Your Language

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The Board of Directors, Third Edition, 2000.

By Stephanie Roth and Kim Klein

40 pages. $10-ELECTRONIC DOWNLOAD. buy this now

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An organization's Board of Directors is the key to successful fundraising. These articles show how to develop an effective Board that is willing and able to raise money. Topics include running effective meetings, recruiting better Board members, getting the Board to raise money, and more. They are great to include in Board orientation packets.

TABLE OF CONTENTS (free sample content is linked below)

Introduction

The Board and Fundraising

Building an Effective Board of Directors

How Does Your Board Measure Up?

Recruiting Better Board Members

The Statement of Agreement

Board Members: How Hard Should They Work

A Few Words on Better Board Meetings

When Board Members Wriggle Out of Fundraising

53 Ways Board Members Can Raise $1000

Advisory Boards: No Miracle Solution

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Cómo Recaudar Fondos en su Comunidad (How to Raise Money in Your Community), 2006

TRANSLATED BY NORMA DEL RIO AND NATALIA LÓPEZ. ARTICLES BY KIM KLEIN, STEPHANIE ROTH, DANIELLE COLLINS, PILAR GONZALEZ, DAVE FLEISCHER, AND LUCY GRUGETT

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An introduction to the most common and successful fundraising strategies in 14 of the best articles from the Grassroots Fundraising Journal. Small organizations can put these strategies to use immediately, whether or not they have paid staff or have done fundraising before. These strategies do not require lots of money up front, technical knowledge or expensive equipment such as computers and fancy databases. This guide is in Spanish only.

CONTENIDO (Contents)

Introducción-Cómo Recaudar Fondos en su Comunidad - por Kim Klein y Stephanie Roth

Ya Usted Conoce toda la Gente que Necesita Conocer para Recaudar todo el dinero que quiere Recaudar - por Kim Klein

Sobrepasando el Temor a Pedir - por Kim Klein

Aproveche Cualquier Oportunidad para Recaudar Fondos - por Kim Klein

El Arte de Pedir una Donación - por Kim Klein

Eventos Especiales - por Kim Klein

Cómo Hacer Una Fiesta en casa para Recaudar Fondos - por Kim Klein

El Torneo de Bolos - por Kim Klein

Aprovechando el Máximo su Aniversario - por Lucy Grugett y Stephanie Roth

La Mesa Directiva y la Recaudación de Fondos - por Kim Klein

Correo Directo: Todavía Exitoso - por Kim Klein

Las Fiestas para Escribir una Carta Pidiendo una Donación - por Danielle Collins

Hoja de Ejercicio: Cómo Recaudar los Primeros o (Los Próximos) $50,000 - por Dave Fleischer


Todo lo que Sé Acerca de Dar, Lo Aprendí de una Canasta de Vegetales - por Pilar Gonzáles

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Ready Set Rai$e!

Our video READY, SET, RAI$E! is an essential tool for any grassroots organization's fundraising queries. Invite our trainers to your living room, fast-forwarding or skipping to just the section you need.

After you're done, rewind or jump back to any section you want for a quick refresher.

Featuring noted fundraisers Kim Klein and Russell Roybal, this video teaches your organization how to:

- Use direct mail and special events effectively

- Ask for large amounts of money in person

- Build a strong board

- Keep track of information

- Involve the entire community in your organization's work and much more!

I give it a million thumbs up, one thumb up for each dollar I'm going to raise now that I've seen it.

- Jan Masaoka, Former Executive Director
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

Ready, Set, Raise! is a terrific crash course in fundraising. Kim Klein and Russell Roybal are wise, experienced, funny, passionate, and sensitive to the needs and limitations of grassroots organizations. If you're trying to raise money to change the world, two hours with this video could change your life.

- Andy Robinson, author of Selling Social Change (Without Selling Out) and Grassroots Grants and Big Gifts for Small Groups

Approximately 2 hours of training.

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