CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Size Doesn’t Matter– Perspective Does Fund development programs for well-heeled organizations with large fundraising budgets and dozens of fund development…LarryFebruary 5, 2014
CommunityDonor CenteredSustainable Fundraising Looking for Donors Good “prospecting”, as the professional development officers say, is much more like a well-guided trek…LarryJanuary 28, 2014
CommunityDonor CenteredSustainable Fundraising Doing the Same Things Doing The Same Things It’s human nature. We find a formula that works and we…LarryJanuary 21, 2014
CommunityDonor CenteredStrategic FundraisingSustainable Fundraising Program or Purpose? If I’m at a social gathering where philanthropists and nonprofit leadership and both are present…LarryJanuary 14, 2014
CommunityDonor CenteredSustainable Fundraising Everyone’s Doing It Whenever I am traveling in or around Yellowstone Park I often come upon a small…LarryJanuary 7, 2014
CommunityDonor CenteredSustainable Fundraising Giving and Receiving During this Christmas season, I want to take this opportunity to thank and remember all…LarryDecember 24, 2013
Begin and the BeginningCommunityDonor CenteredNonprofit MarketingSustainable FundraisingThe Eight Principles of Sustainable Fundraising Fundraising—business and art Fundraising Business and Art from Larry C. Johnson on Vimeo. Fundraising is often said to…LarryDecember 17, 2013
CommunityDonor CenteredPhilanthropySustainable Fundraising At Least They Were Honest—sort of As if any further evidence was needed that charity auctions and holiday festivals do very…LarryDecember 10, 2013
CommunityDonor CenteredDonor DrivenFundraising SystemsNonprofit BoardsSustainable Fundraising Fundraising Metrics That Work—or don’t Earlier this week, I was running a few errands close to my office on my…LarryDecember 3, 2013
CommunityDonor CenteredDonor DrivenFundraising SystemsSolicitationSustainable Fundraising Getting the Best—and most We want the most funding we can get for our worthy cause. Why not? But…LarryNovember 26, 2013
CommunityDonor CenteredSustainable Fundraising The Word Nonprofits Love to Hate—marketing When we were children very few—if any—of us dreamt of becoming marketing executives when…LarryNovember 19, 2013
CommunityDonor CenteredStrategic Fundraising Programming Driven—or purpose driven? Your nonprofit organization is doing great work—lots of great programming. Well designed and delivered. But…LarryNovember 12, 2013
CommunityDonor CenteredDonor DrivenSustainable FundraisingUncategorized Keeping Promises—which ones? “Promises, promises. . ,” so the lyrics by Burt Bacharach intone. The question is which…LarryNovember 5, 2013
CommunityDonor AcquisitionDonor RenewalPhilanthropySustainable Fundraising Getting Over Ourselves—it’s time When I was in college, a wise mentor gave me a little advice that has…LarryOctober 29, 2013
CommunityDonor AcquisitionDonor retentionStewardshipSustainable Fundraising Donor Centered?—donor driven Fundraising programs that work diligently—and successfully—to incorporate the needs, wants and desires of those that…LarryOctober 22, 2013