CommunityDonor CommunicationsFoundation GrantsSustainable nonprofit funding They Can—but will they? Nonprofit leaders, in a recent survey, stated that foundations could do more to help…LarryOctober 15, 2013
CommunityFoundation GrantsNonprofit LeadershipSustainable Fundraising Misplaced Focus—misspent energy I learned to ride a motorcycle about ten years ago. I dearly love the…LarryOctober 8, 2013
CommunityDonor AcquisitionDonor CommunicationsDonor RenewalFundraising SystemsSustainable Fundraising Getting the Gift—it’s never success All of us who have set out to raise money for our favorite charitable organization…LarryOctober 1, 2013
CommunityFundraising CommunicationsNonprofit MarketingPhilanthropyRelational FundraisingSustainable Fundraising When You Offer the Unlimited-you fail Those of us who contribute their hard-earned dollars and scarce time to charitable endeavors are…LarrySeptember 24, 2013
Cause Related MarketingCommunityDonor AcquisitionDonor RenewalEvent FundraisingPhilanthropySocial MediaUncategorized The Donors You Need-and those you don’t What’s that? There are donors you don’t need? Absolutely. When so many of our worthy…LarrySeptember 17, 2013
CommunityDonor CenteredDonor RenewalDonor StewardshipFundraising SystemsRelational FundraisingSustainable FundraisingThe Eight Principles of Sustainable FundraisingUncategorized The New, the Powerful-and the fake Philanthropy, by its very nature, is a personal business. Experienced fundraisers will tell you that…LarrySeptember 10, 2013
CommunityDonor AcquisitionDonor RenewalDonor StewardshipPhilanthropySustainable Fundraising Magic-and falling in love I once heard it said that if fund development were a process that yielded instantaneous,…LarryAugust 27, 2013
CommunityFundraising CommunicationsFundraising CostFundraising SystemsNonprofit Revenue DevelopmentPhilanthropy Why Fund Development is Difficult for Some—and easy for others Whether raising money is “difficult” or “easy”, has a lot to do on how you…LarryAugust 20, 2013
CommunityDonor AcquisitionDonor RenewalNonprofit Revenue DevelopmentPhilanthropy Why Don’t Rich People Give More?—the perennial question Recently several commentators have opined that the “rich” don’t give “enough” to charity—or to the…LarryAugust 13, 2013
CommunityFundraising SystemsNonprofit ManagementNonprofit Marketing Moving Away from Nonprofit Industrialization—hurrah! Ever since the Dan Pallotta TED talk went viral, more and more people are adopting…LarryAugust 6, 2013
CommunityDonor AcquisitionFundraising CommunicationsNonprofit MarketingRelational FundraisingSustainable Fundraising Invest or contribute?—you make the choice Hardly a day goes by that I am not asked to contribute to someone’s worthy…LarryJuly 30, 2013
CommunityDonor AcquisitionFundraising SystemsNonprofit ManagementNonprofit Revenue Development Beware of Bigfoot—the average donor We’re all aware of the possible existence of a prehistoric creature of mythic proportions that…LarryJuly 22, 2013
CommunityDonor AcquisitionDonor StewardshipNonprofit MarketingNonprofit Revenue DevelopmentRelational FundraisingSustainable Fundraising (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction! For those of you in my generation—and a lot of those younger than we—these words…LarryJuly 16, 2013
CommunityDonor AcquisitionDonor RenewalDonor StewardshipFundraising CommunicationsPhilanthropyRelational FundraisingSustainable FundraisingUncategorized Lead with the Personal–follow with the rational When approaching a perspective donor we are often eager to explain the mission of the…LarryJuly 9, 2013
Board DevelopmentCommunityDonor StewardshipFundraising CommunicationsNonprofit ManagementNonprofit MarketingNonprofit Revenue DevelopmentPhilanthropyRelational FundraisingSustainable Fundraising Trust—the great leveler Perhaps the most critical resource in engendering philanthropic support for your charity or cause is…LarryJune 18, 2013