Phonathon Best Practices for More Confident Donor Outreach
A phonathon gives fundraisers a way to connect donor outreach and engagement with fundraising calls in one coordinated campaign. Meaning, [...]
How to Turn Annual Reports into Donor Engagement Tools
For many nonprofits, annual reports are often treated as a retrospective exercise: an obligation to summarize the past year’s activities [...]
5 Communication Tips When a Fundraising Campaign Underperforms
Falling short of your fundraising goal can come as a heavy blow to your fundraising team, but it doesn’t mean [...]
Why Capital Campaigns Are Healthcare’s New Frontier
The scale of capital campaigns is shifting, with campaign fundraising becoming a foundational driver of health system growth. Campaigns that [...]
When School Systems Can’t Support the Future You’re Building
Change is rarely about novelty. For school leaders, it’s about purpose. Across independent schools, there’s a familiar moment when leaders [...]
3 Ways a Board Member Can Help Raise More Money (Without Making the Ask Yourself)
Do you ever feel like being on a nonprofit board automatically means you’re supposed to be asking your friends for [...]
People-Powered, AI-Enabled: Effective K–12 Fundraising
Development leaders at private and independent schools of all sizes are asking the same question: “As AI becomes embedded in [...]
Fundraising Email Best Practices: 34 Tips for Reaching Donors
The digital landscape is noisier than ever, but email remains a heavy hitter for nonprofit growth. For charitable organizations, foundations, [...]
Doing More with Less: Why Automation Is No Longer Optional for Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Nonprofits are operating in an environment defined by uncertainty. Budgets are tighter. Teams are leaner than ever. And expectations from [...]
Peer Screening 101
Peer screening, which involves volunteers evaluating the donor potential of their peers, can be a valuable asset for any organization. [...]
