Nonprofit strategic planning often gets a bad rap, but time spent mapping out your organization’s future can save you from spinning your wheels, being busy but not effective. When running a nonprofit, there’s so much to do and you’re on the go from morning ’til night. But without a clear idea of where you’re
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Continue readingWhen mapping out your fundraising plan, it’s best to play to your fundraising strengths. Are you strong in event planning, mindful of all the little details? Great at asking for in kind gifts? Masterful at telling stories that bring people to happy tears? Is social media where you connect with people? Or do you
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Continue readingIf you are trying to fundraise without an annual fundraising plan, you are trying to bake a pie with a lot of ingredients but no recipe. Can you do it? Maybe. The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. But… that either requires a good memory
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Continue readingHaving the right tools in your fundraising toolkit makes your life easier. And your fundraising more productive! Maybe you’ve heard this phrase: “When the only thing you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” It’s true. Sometimes we get one tool – one skill, one talent – and out of habit, we stick
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Continue readingIt’s a horrible feeling when the tried-and-true fundraising methods that have worked in the past stop working. Maybe you’ve experienced this… …your spring campaign that you thought would bring in $5,000 only brings in $1,200… …or the fundraising letter you hoped would generate $7,000 barely nets $3,000… …or your online fundraiser barely brings in
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Continue readingWhen you’re halfway through the year, it’s a good time to conduct a midyear fundraising evaluation. Why? A midyear evaluation will show you how you are doing and highlight areas where you need to improve. Because wherever you are with your fundraising, no matter how far behind you think you are, with six months
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Continue readingWhen you’re halfway through the year, it’s a good time to conduct a midyear fundraising evaluation. Why? A midyear evaluation will show you how you are doing and highlight areas where you need to improve. Because wherever you are with your fundraising, no matter how far behind you think you are, with six months
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Continue readingWhile goals are vital to success, SMART fundraising goals help make sure you’re setting goals that you just can’t miss. That sounds good, right? “Can’t miss” goals! In some form or fashion, we’ve all heard how essential goals are. Want to lose weight? Set a goal! Want to get a job in a new
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Continue readingIt’s scary to get halfway through the year and realize you are NOT on track to meet your fundraising goal. Or maybe you find yourself approaching the end of your fiscal year and you’re not going to make your goal. Either way, it’s a problem, but it might not be your fault. Sluggish fundraising
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Continue readingYou can’t plan out your nonprofit’s impact this year without projecting your fundraising revenue. The two are tied together. In fact, you must plan your programs first so you know what your fundraising goal is. If you try to just raise as much as you can then figure out how to spend it, that’s backwards.
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