What do you do when your fundraising campaign isn’t going according to plan? Check out these five suggestions to help you course correct before time runs out.
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For the third year in a row, I am proudly peer-fundraising for this organization to raise $75k - their largest campaign goal yet. Reaching this goal will increasing their monthly financial gap assistance from $6k per month to $10k per month - effectively increasing the impact by 40%. Think about that 40% more mamas served. Watch me raise $3k for this cause.
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You can’t track what you don’t measure and despite what you might believe, email marking is not dead. Email still beats social media every day of the week. So many nonprofit organizations come to me saying, “Why even bother?” These are also the ones who usually don’t have strong results because their email consistency is poor.
One of the mistakes I see nonprofits make is that when it comes time to ask for money, they try to ask, inspire, AND educate - all at the same time. It’s too much! Unfortunately, when that happens - it feels like a water hose of information - so much to take in and none of it gets caught. Here are five ways you can educate your donors in the lead up to making an ask for your nonprofit.
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The Wave Method is my process for how to always keep your donor audience warm versus letting them “slide back down” and having to start all the way over again each time you get ready to ask them for money. Read on 👉 to learn how to put it into practice at your nonprofit.
Just getting started? Navigating the social sector can be tough, and in this blog, I will share three helpful things you can do to help create your unique roadmap for launching your social impact idea or program.
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The Inside Out Method is a process for looking within your current community or set of supporters to go find new community members or donors. You start from the inside, the core, first - and work your way out. For most organizations, that is likely the board of directors followed by volunteers, major gift donors and/or advisors.
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Have you ever heard the saying, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today,”? That saying is relationship building in a nutshell. A hard truth in fundraising is that very rarely does it go fast. In fact, I can count on one hand the amount of times a donation fell from the sky. The other 99.9%? They came out of meaningful relationships. But how do you start those relationships? Especially when you don’t have an introduction…
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In my last blog post, I asked the question: How do you know if you need new donors? I put you through a series of questions and calculations to help you figure it out. Spoiler alert - you may NOT need new donors. But let’s say you found yourself saying, “Actually I do need new donors.” Cool, by how many? Specifically…
Cool - but how many?
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Is your nonprofit approaching a significant anniversary? As fundraisers, we know anniversaries are a great time to launch a special campaign and raise additional dollars. Milestone years also bring so many other opportunities to celebrate your work and engage stakeholders - both current and past.
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When The Little Red Dog got the call - they didn't hesitate, but they needed money. Check out the step-by-step of how this small nonprofit raised $12k in just 10 days.
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In this video, you get an inside look at me coaching style. I break down how to find, pitch and secure nonprofit sponsors that you can start TODAY when planning your next event.
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I’ve said it once - and I’ll say it again - I don’t think that is the right question to be asking BUT for today - I’m going to give the people what they want. Specifically, when clients ask me about finding new donors - I teach them what I call the “Inside Out Method”.
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