Dear Kim: My nonprofit has recently decided to follow your advice and build a base of individual donors. Â (We have lost most of our foundation funding and see this as our only choice.) Â We are very small, with only two staff and five board members and so we want to attract a small number of [...]
2.14.12 Tell us what YOU love that taxes pay for!
As people who work in communities and nonprofit organizations, we work every day for things we care deeply about. We also worry about how we can make things better when government budgets at every level are being squeezed. There are many things that we each care about that taxes and government funding makes possible – [...]
1.4 Supporting Volunteer Fundraisers
From the Jan-Feb 2012 Grassroots Fundraising Journal, Developing Fundraising Leadership. Read the full article here! Karen Topakian interviewed five groups from around the country to share real-life examples, tips, and lessons on successfully supporting volunteer fundraisers and board members. Here’s what she learned.
12.16 Some Quick Tips to Maximize Year-End Donations
Dear Kim: Any quick tips on maximizing donations at year-end? We are still short of our goal and I want to use this time to best advantage. We have sent a year-end appeal, are seeing major donors as they are willing and available, and have a online appeal ready to go at the very end [...]
12.15 The Honorary Committee
Dear Kim: My organization is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2012 and is thinking about forming an honorary committee of big donors/high profile figures to help support the year’s fundraising efforts. Aside from listing committee names on letterhead for fundraising appeals and on event invitations, are there other things honorary committee members can do for [...]
