How to Drive Year-Round Engagement With Nonprofit eCards
Your supporters are the backbone of your nonprofit. From setting up your events to donating to your campaigns, volunteers and donors fuel the change you’re able to spark in your community. However, your supporters lead busy lives, and it’s easy for them to put your nonprofit on the back burner if they’re not constantly engaged. […]
Turn Your Board Into Fundraising Champions
Fundraising is no walk in the park. Sometimes, even though you feel like you’re doing everything right, nothing seems to move the needle with donors. But there may be a secret weapon hiding in plain sight: your board of directors. Your board is a unique and valuable asset in your fundraising strategy. They’re not only […]
Six Steps To Create a Fundraising Friendly Board
It’s no secret that most Board members rank fundraising as their least favorite activity. In studies both by BoardSource and Penelope Burk’s Cygnus Applied Research, Boards and CEOs rated nonprofit board fundraising performance abysmally. BoardSource asked CEOs to grade their organizations’ Board of Directors performance in the ten basic board responsibilities and gave only 5% […]
What does the “B” word have to do with successful fundraising? Quite a Lot.
In our nonprofit world, one topic causes more anxiety, angst, and teeth-gnashing than all others combined. You know I’m talking about boards. And you’re tensing up right now, just thinking about the topic, right? Odds are, you’ve had your share of board-related headaches (alongside – I hope – some productive, effective, and satisfying relationships with […]