Dear Kim Archive

Using Special Events Selectively
April 2008

Donor Advised Funds
April 2008

From the Email Bag
March 2008

Just Starting Out
February 2008

Investing in Volunteers
January 2008

Conducting Simultaneous Campaigns
December 2007

Commission Based Salaries
November 2007

Working with An Anxious Board
October 2007

Volunteer Give And Take
September 2007

Coordinating Coordinating Committees
August 2007

Invitations and Invite Lists
August 2007

Finding Fiscal Sponsorship
July 2007

Collaborative Fundraising
July 2007

Cultural Considerations
June 2007

Launching an Annual Campaign
May 2007

All Gifts Big and Small
May 2007

Managing and Marketing Merchandise
April 2007

Too-Good-To-Be-True Gifts
April 2007

Leadership Lessons
March 2007

Public Recognition of Donors
March 2007

Breaking Geographic Funding Boundries
February 2007

Fair Salaries for Fundraisers
February 2007

Creative Giving Level Labels
January 2007

Membership Vs. Monthly Giving
January 2007

Developing Development Directors
December 2006

To Start Or Not To Start a Nonprofit
December 2006

Dining with Donors
November 2006

Unfulfilled Pledges
November 2006

Car Wash Fundraiser
October 2006

Repeating House Parties
September 2006

Fundraising from the Communities You Serve
September 2006

Gift Acceptance Policies
August 2006

Direct Mail Distinctions
August 2006

Expanding Your Donor Base
July 2006

Energizing A Slow Fundraising Campaign
July 2006

Determining Donor Levels
June 2006

Involving Your Board In Fundraising
June 2006

Etiquite for Contacting Donors
May 2006

Getting Your Foot In The Foundation Door
May 2006

Choosing the Right Fundraising Strategy
April 2006

Starting a Membership Program
April 2006

Knowing How Much To Ask For
March 2006

Gift Receipts For Donors
March 2006

A Donor Bill of Rights
February 2006

Kim Klein's Tips on Getting Over The Fear of Asking
February 2006

Paper Vs. Electronic Publications
January 2006

Hiring a Development Director
January 2006

To (c)3 or not to (c)3
December 2005

Building a Political Action Committee
December 2005

When staff members are also donors
November 2005

Funds for an unexpected move
November 2005

Katrina's Great Wave of Fundraising: How to Minimize the Impact on Your Non-profit
October 2005

Listing Donor Names
October 2005

Giving friends and allies a chance to be donors
September 2005

How to know when special event is worn out
September 2005

Finding start-up funds
August 2005

Faulty Fundraising
August 2005

Developing Development Director
July 2005

Special Events for Kids with Special Needs
July 2005

Puzzled by Perpetuity Planning
June 2005

To Stamp Or Not To Stamp
June 2005

Converting Visitors to Donors
May 2005

Using Evites for Fundraising Events
April 2005

Bequests for Beginners
April 2005

A Series of Dilemmas
March 2005

Need Help Sticking to Tight Budget
January 2005

What Lies Down the Membership Road?
January 2005

When Major Donors Start with the -isms
December 2004

"Asking Phobia" Cramping Your Style?
November 2004

Funding For Personal Family Crises
November 2004

Raffling a Car—Not As Easy As It Seems
October 2004

Can Creative Naming of Donation Levels Motivate Folks to Give More?
October 2004

Visualizing Success—Literally
September 2004

Too Timid to Talk, Let Alone Ask
September 2004

Cashing in On Pledges With Respect and Tact
August 2004

Tips on Calling Lapsed Donors
August 2004

If We're So Popular, Why Don't We Have More Money?
July 2004

Building a Mailing List from the Ground Up
July 2004

Need to Know More About Special Events
June 2004

Ideas for an Arts Advocacy Organization Looking to Diversity Funding Sources
June 2004

Don't Forget to Reach Out to Tribute Donors' Families
May 2004

Should I Stay or Should I Go...
May 2004

Fundraising All Year Round Without Turning off the Locals
March 2004

Capital Campaign for Church in Need of TLC
March 2004

Starting Up a Planned Giving Program
February 2004

Development Staff Pay Their Way? Where's the Love??
February 2004

First Time Event
November 2003

A little help here!
November 2003

No Time's a Good Time to Lose Funding...Take a Deep Breath
October 2003

Listing Donors in Publications
October 2003

How best to utilize donations of gift certificates?
August 2003

Alternatives to the Car Wash
August 2003

Gift Thank-Yous and Acknowledgements
August 2003

Fundraising Activities for Youth Groups
July 2003

When to Hire, When to Outsource
July 2003

LYBNTS (Last Year But Not This)
June 2003

Board Size and Board Management Resources
June 2003

Rural Fundraising and Foundation Dependence
May 2003

All Work and No Play
May 2003

Gift Range Chart for Major Donor Campaign
April 2003

Executive Director and Voting Board Member?
April 2003

Board Exercises: Simple Assignments
March 2003

Donor Base Class Issues
March 2003

Reply Device Advice
February 2003

Board has Commitment Problems
February 2003

Ethics, Lies, and Exaggeration in Proposals
January 2003

Who is a Prospect and When Should I Stop Bugging Them?
January 2003

Executive Director Slipping
December 2002

"High-Worth" Prospecting
December 2002

Board Conflict with Executive Director
November 2002

Funding Challenges for Campus Safe Rides Group
November 2002

Diminishing Corporate and Foundation Funding for Statewide Organization
November 2002

Closing Our Doors
October 2002

Renewal Lapses and Exit Questionnaires
October 2002

Hiring a Proposal Writer
October 2002

Silent Auctions
September 2002

Basic Planned Giving Program
September 2002

Volunteers Hellbent on Events
August 2002

Developing a Mission Statement
August 2002

Finding Training for New Development Staff
August 2002

Development Staff Stretched to the Limit
July 2002

Development Staff Pay Scale Issues
July 2002

Executive Director and Conflict of Interest
June 2002

Board of Directors Requirement for (c)3's
June 2002

Seeking Volunteer Trainers and Workshop Presenters
June 2002

Gift Acceptance Policy
May 2002

Changing from Membership to Non-Member Organization
May 2002

How to Invite Potential Board Members
May 2002

Finding a Consultant
April 2002

Nonprofit Entrepreneurship and Enterprise
April 2002

Foundation Fundraising After 9-11
February 2002

Promoting an Event
February 2002

Bait and Switch Development Job?
February 2002

Gift Range Chart
January 2002

Learning to be a Fundraiser
January 2002

Asking in Wake of Sept. 11th
November 2001

Moving from Events to Other Strategies
November 2001

Prospect Research
September 2001

Board Members Scattered Far and Wide
September 2001

Fundraising for a Political Candidate
August 2001

Expanding Your Mailing List
August 2001

Boards: About More than Just Money
June 2001

Membership Renewal Confusion
June 2001

An Ethical Question about Grants
June 2001

Where the Money Is
April 2001

Where the Money Isn't
April 2001

Nonprofit Status at Risk?
February 2001

Personal vs. Technological
February 2001

Major Donors and Public Recognition
February 2001

Getting Started with Local Fundraising
November 2000

Top 3 Reasons People Give
November 2000

Never Too Late to Start Fundraising
November 2000

Time to Give Up on a Prospect?
August 2000

Foundation Prospecting
August 2000

Clean vs. Dirty Money
June 2000

What's THE Best Fundraising Strategy?
April 2000

Fundraising for Progressive Arts
April 2000

501(c)3 and 501(c)4 Information
March 2000

What to Use Consultants For
January 2000