Takeaways The warmest donor audience you will ever have is the one already showing up: your volunteers, your event guests, the families you serve. Most organizations mobilize these people beautifully and then…
Key Takeaways A mission statement that promises everything tells a donor nothing. “We will fight every injustice” does not read as an ambition to a thoughtful donor. It reads as a red…
Key Takeaways Most leaders can recite what they raised last year without blinking. Ask what it costs to raise it, and the room goes quiet. That silence is where good organizations quietly…
Key Takeaways The gap between a nonprofit’s fundraising strategy and its actual revenue is rarely a strategy gap. Most teams already know what to do. What they are missing is the boring…
Key Takeaways Your first donor meeting with a major donor prospect should be roughly 80% them talking and 20% you talking. The goal of that donor meeting is not to ask for…
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Key Takeaways In nearly every stuck nonprofit under $5M that we work with, the fundraising function reports up through the finance function, and almost no one inside the organization can see how…
Key Takeaways The most common reason a major gift pipeline stalls is not strategy or messaging. It’s a role mismatch inside a development team where one person is being asked to do…
Key Takeaways The most underestimated obstacle to nonprofit growth is not a stingy donor base or a weak economy. It’s the internal voice — usually well-intentioned and program-side — that meets every…
Key Takeaways The donor most likely to make a transformational gift are usually the ones already trying to tell you they want to do more than give. They offer advice, introductions, and…