The idea of seeking corporate support for your nonprofit sometimes incites a crisis of confidence or a crisis of conscience. "Nonprofits often don't approach corporations because they're afraid they can't. Or they worry that if they do get the support,...
Providing prospects with a wide variety of engagement opportunities is critical to stemming leaks once they reach the cultivation stage of the development cycle. Here is a summary of some broad themes as well as some concrete examples of engagement...
Ask any good fundraiser why it is important for an organization to maintain a healthy pipeline of prospects and they will basically give you the same answer. While the words may be different, the key theme is that as a...
Our charity spends a lot of time and energy on special events that don't raise much money. How do we assess their effectiveness? Considering how exhausting special events can be, it's a good plan to evaluate your efforts. Generally speaking,...
The recent Humber Initiative on Philanthropy conference at the college's Lakeshore Campus was an intensive day filled with informative sessions and thought-provoking speakers. The brainchild of the sector's prolific enthusiast, Ken Wyman, the annual event was launched two years ago...
Web-based fundraising is coming of age. That's the conclusion of the 2011 Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study, which evaluated the results of nearly 600 nonprofit organizations that use Convio's software. The study, released in early March, found that online...
For years some of my colleagues and I have been banging on about the need to seriously consider actively downgrading regular, monthly donors. Are you going mad, Jonathon? Possibly, but not on this one. The rationale is simple. There are...
Alice Housing provides safe second-stage housing and supportive counselling for women and children leaving domestic violence. Established in 1983 and located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, it's the largest second-stage housing organization east of Quebec, offering 19 safe housing units and...
I am wondering if you have any information on policies/procedures that should be in place for third party fundraising events that a non profit may enter into. Any info you could offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! First of all...
Mobile giving gained recognition following its incredible success at raising funds for the victims of the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. The Red Cross alone raised an astounding $32 million when more than three million people texted the word "haiti"...
