From the Fundraiser’s Playbook – Donor Database
If you’re doing any kind of fundraising more complicated than a bake sale (which is not really a fundraiser), you need a donor database. A donor database is every fundraising…
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From the Fundraiser’s Playbook – External Budgets
Budgets are important. Your budget tells the story of your ministry or program by showing potential donors how their money will be used. When you’re asking for gifts under a…
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From the Fundraiser’s Playbook – Donor Cultivation
After you’ve acquired a new donor, you need to cultivate that relationship. “Donor Cultivation” means continuing to build a relationship with a donor and specifically, asking them for additional gifts.…
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From the Fundraiser’s Playbook – Donor Acquisition
What is “Donor Acquisition” and why is it important? “Donor Acquisition” describes the process by which a person is transformed from a non-donor to an active donor. When a person…
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From the Fundraiser’s Playbook – Cost Effectiveness
You have limited resources. Are you choosing the most effective fundraising strategies? Are you getting the most “bank” for your buck? Learning how to calculate the cost effectiveness of your…
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From the Fundraiser’s Playbook – Types of Fundraising
You need to raise money for your ministry. How are you going to do it? Start by looking at what options you have available.
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The Garden of Fundraising – Breaking Ground
Great fundraising advice depends on your perspective. Strategies that work brilliantly for a diocese are practically useless to a church food pantry. One-sized-fits-all fundraising advice does not exist. To find…
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God’s will? God’s bill!
How many times have you heard these sentences? “We can’t do that… we don’t have enough money.” “It’s too expensive.” “We are going to have to wait to do that…
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A Christmas Farewell
Dear Fr. Zagloba, Something unexpected has happened. We’re moving. My wife and I have wanted to live in the country for years now, and the house right next to her…
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