Category Archives: Fundraising

Your Organization’s Donation Page

How are you inviting people to invest? Offering opportunities for your group’s fans to engage? Creating a chance for individuals to connect to the work. Fans are the ones who can give donations and create buzz and push a movement. … Continue reading

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How NOT to Hire Development Help

Consultant Janet Levine blogs about how __not__ to hire development staff for a nonprofit organization. She identifies real and common issues around making a good hire for these challenging roles. Here’s are her ideas: 1. DON’T “spend a lot of … Continue reading

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Social Media for Charity? Or for Social Change?

So, the charity vs. social change is not a new debate. The tools have changed, and that’s what opens up possibilities for doing more, better of each. Where I’ve always come down is the world needs both front line responsive … Continue reading

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Ten Nonprofit Funding Models for Giants

Stanford Social Innovation Review includes a brilliant paper that is very useful for the social enterprise/nonprofit leadership field, Ten Nonprofit Funding Models. But as usual, the Bridgespan Group researchers are looking only at the largest nonprofits. Their models were created … Continue reading

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Working With Major Donors During a Tough Economy

Guest Post from David Robinson-Slemp, Development Director, Joe’s Movement Emporium (Mt. Rainier, Maryland). David is a friend and colleague from our work together raising money in Indian Country and in the local community arts scene. He offers this idea as … Continue reading

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