Moves Management Overview: An Approach to Fundraising Based on Donor Stages
Moves management is a technique used by fundraisers to move donors through the donor lifecycle, from prospect to major donor. [...]
How to Steward Donors Who Give Stock, DAFs, or Crypto
Non-cash giving is no longer a niche strategy. As donors increasingly use appreciated assets like stock and cryptocurrency and elect [...]
What’s Missing? Building a Connected Nonprofit from the Inside Out
Nonprofits understand gaps—gaps in funding, gaps in services, gaps in outcomes. But what about the gaps within our own organizations? [...]
Building Resilience on GivingTuesday: Turning Momentum into Year-Round Impact
GivingTuesday isn’t just a single giving day—it’s a catalyst for generosity, innovation, and resilience in the nonprofit sector. As Woodrow [...]
Learn How Sector Experts are Building Resilience, Trust, and Impact
Our current environment is shaped by change and uncertainty as we navigate economic challenges, more competitive funding, policy changes, unpredictable [...]
Art of the Ask: 10 Steps to a Yes
A how to guide for fundraisers to solicit major gifts [...]
How Development and Finance Can Get Along (Really!)
Most people understand that their development and finance departments are both critical to the success of their nonprofit organization. Many [...]
Stories That Spark Giving: Unlocking the Power of Narrative in Higher Ed Fundraising
Donors don’t give to numbers—they give to meaning. Data may drive decisions in the world of fundraising, but it’s genuine [...]
7 Ways to Thank Donors
It breaks my fundraising heart when I hear about gifts going unthanked. Saying thank you isn’t just polite; it’s the [...]
Major Donor Fundraising: 18 Tips for Securing Large Gifts
Major gift fundraising is the backbone of nonprofit funding. A study from Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy shows [...]
