The Best Fundraising Books Ever Get the best help you can! I’m a huge fan of fundraising best practices. Why break your head trying to invent the wheel when you can go to the store and buy a ferrari? I have a huge fundraising library that...
The tale of Three Fundraisers. A parable. Once upon a time, a lovely old church sat in the middle of a little town. The church had been there for a long time. So long, in fact that the oldest grandmother in the church remembered it being old when...
What’s your mission? What is a mission statement? It’s one of those things that seems very important to get right, but is terribly difficult to write well. Expert consultants will happily come in and charge you thousands of dollars to...
Bring Order Out of Chaos In the beginning… Dear Sr. Veronica, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I don’t know what kind of big hooplah you sisters put on for Thanksgiving, but around our house it gets pretty crazy. We do a big...
The Meat, the Fluff, and the Gaps Creating Your Fundraising Plan – The End In the last three weeks, you have had the opportunity to create an annual plan for your current fundraising activities, a logic model for your program...
Creating your fundraising game plan – Part 3 Frame your case The key to fundraising is being able to communicate a need in the community and how a gift would have a transformative ability to meet the need. These two elements come together in your...
Creating your fundraising game plan – Part 2 Let’s get logical Last week, we walked through how to create a snapshot of your current fundraising activities. The first part of creating your game plan is having a clear picture of what...
Create a winning fundraising game plan! Do you have a game plan for your fundraising? Have you ever thought about your fundraising plan? The reality is that, unless you are a brand new church or ministry, you have some kind of fundraising...
Does your fundraising always seem to be in crisis mode? Are you always running behind and getting surprised by your next fundraising deadline? Chances are you need to develop an annual fundraising plan. A fundraising plan will bring order and...
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 makes their first donation, you have ‘acquired’ a new...
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 fundraising programs will enable you to...
You need to raise money for your ministry. How are you going to do it? Start by looking at what options you have available. Share...
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