Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 13, 2025

Measure and Communicate Success Effectively To earn and retain grant funding, organizations must provide clear evidence of their impact. If your organization lacks expertise in grant-seeking, consider consulting professionals or training staff to bolster your efforts. Grant Writing Training and discounted services here.

Grant

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Monthly retainers Organizations that need ongoing grant support benefit from monthly retainers. Monthly retainer costs range widely. Most retainer agreements last 6-12 months. Many consultants set minimum retainer amounts between $1,500 and $3,000 per month. This prohibition exists for several key reasons.

Grant

CauseVox

JULY 1, 2025

That’s when it hit us: they didn’t need just a fundraising platform, they needed CRM software for nonprofits. While a fundraising platform helps you raise money by hosting donation pages, peer-to-peer campaigns, events, and more, a CRM software for nonprofits helps you manage donor relationships. What Is a Fundraising Platform?

CRM

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

These unrestricted gifts are necessary to pay fundraisers’ salaries, overhead, bills, and the supplies for your tried-and-true programs. Staff training and development: Provides for the ongoing education and professional growth of nurses, doctors, and other medical personnel. How Is Annual Giving Different from Other Fundraising Types?

Donation

Candid

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

How could the underrepresentation of BIPOC and women on nonprofit boards affect organizations leadership, work, and fundraising? Overcome these board excuses for not fundraising. Board members need to shift their thinking about fundraising: Asking for money is not asking for a favor, it is not rude, and there is no quid pro quo.

Government

NonProfit PRO

JULY 3, 2025

Unengaged or Improperly Trained Boards Aside from providing fiduciary responsibility and strategic advisory services to your organization, your board and CEO must create a strong partnership. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic", rail-container).hide();

Retail

Gail Perry Group

JULY 17, 2025

The Most Common Major Gift Fundraising Challenges We See in the Field Major gift fundraising should be one of the most energizing and rewarding parts of any development program. These are more than just operational hiccups—they're signs of deeper issues in how organizations support their fundraising teams.

Burnout

Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Primary School Fundraising Ideas: A Seasonal and Year-Round Guide Blog Summary: Looking for fun ways to raise money for your primary school throughout the year? Youll get practical tips, references to helpful resources, and fresh ideas to maximize your primary school fundraising ideas.

Fundraising

Gail Perry Group

JANUARY 22, 2025

What do you think the #1 thing we hear is when we talk to fundraisers? The huge financial goals and the pressure on fundraisers and organizational leadership can be intense. We have a challenge retaining some of our most generous supporters." "We How can we get more major gift donors? We bet its on your mind, too.

Fundraising

Gail Perry Group

JUNE 5, 2025

At Gail Perry Group, we believe your final fundraising numbers dont need to be a nail-biter. And it starts with this question: Year-End Fundraising: Who Are Your Best Donor Prospects? Retaining current donors is one of the biggest challenges in fundraising. And all eyes are on the bottom line. Lets be strategic.

Goals

Get Fully Funded

JULY 17, 2025

In this guide, we’ll explore four strategies for retaining your volunteers and cultivating loyal support for your mission. Provide resources that volunteers can reference later—such as a volunteer handbook—and reinforce training with hands-on experiences. Create a structured onboarding process. Maintain open communication.

Training

NonProfit PRO

JULY 25, 2025

How do they hire, train, and retain people? As part of my volunteer work chairing a local Association of Fundraising Professionals committee, I spoke at a regional conference. Replacing key staff—especially high-performing fundraisers—is costly. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad.

Retail

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

While establishing relationships that can lead to planned gifts can take time, there are ways nonprofits can effectively raise more funds through this type of fundraising. After the donor passes away, the nonprofit retains the remaining value. Train staff and board members. Incorporate planned giving into fundraising appeals.

CRM

Candid

MARCH 12, 2025

Cross training, cross investment, and cross sharing of data may become much more critical. Regrant funds, if possible, to organizations struggling to fundraise. Which projects are important to retain in all circumstances, and which can be put on hold to meet higher priorities?

Nonprofit

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 24, 2024

I have been the primary fundraiser for our organization for the last 30 years. I have no training in marketing or fundraising. My goal in taking your classes was to be a better fundraiser for sure. When I first met you, we were putting out an 8 page newsletter twice a year as our primary fundraising. That is key.

Donation

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Retain more volunteers over time. Send ongoing communications, offer regular training sessions, and demonstrate volunteers’ impact using data. For example, one staff member may be in charge of creating volunteer appreciation efforts while another facilitates ongoing volunteer training. Involving volunteers in fundraising.

Management

Blackbaud

JULY 18, 2025

Practices may lose income due to small inefficiencies, outdated systems, or missed opportunities to engage and retain patients, even while sticking to an existing budget. In addition to these strategies, train your front desk and clinical staff to consistently use empathetic communication techniques.

Insurance

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s imperative that you recruit a strong volunteer base and, more important, retain volunteers by valuing their time, effort, and skills. If you’re ready to make a plan to retain your volunteers, start with these six tips. Ciconte and Jeanne Jacob propose TheVolunteer Bill of Rights in Fundraising Basics: A Complete Guide.

Retainer

Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

More importantly, are your staff and volunteers ready and trained to perform productively in their roles? Hint: If your constituents are more comfortable now with virtual opportunities to lend their support, check out Fundly’s list of virtual fundraising ide as to get inspired for your next campaign.). Step 3: Make a training plan.

Training

Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

What are the nonprofit fundraising and communications books you turn to, time and time again? Creative Deviations, How you can infuse your story-telling, fundraising and direct response with more creativity by John Lepp For years, my go-to bible for direct response was Denny Hatch’s Million Dollar Mailings. What’s your favorite?

Fundraising

Candid

AUGUST 15, 2024

The number one request Candid gets from nonprofits is for support with fundraising, whether they’re looking for training, resources, or general help navigating the complexities of keeping their nonprofit in good financial shape. We also share free books about year-end fundraising strategies. What can fundraisers do?

Fundraising

Blackbaud

MARCH 13, 2024

This report compares peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising data from 2020, 2021, and 2022. As peer-to-peer fundraisers are all too aware, those were particularly disruptive years for the industry given the impact of COVID-19 on in-person events. What does the future of peer-to-peer fundraising look like?

Fundraising

Candid

OCTOBER 19, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you’re continually looking for new ways to maximize fundraising for your mission, expand your organization’s network, and bring in new supporters. Peer-to-peer campaigns succeed because supporters have a personal relationship with the fundraiser asking them to donate.

Fundraising

Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

Across the fundraising landscape, there is broad interest in reaching prospects and donors with more inclusive, equitable, and responsible messages. Understanding it and employing it is essential to creating responsible fundraising messaging. But that changed when he met Molly, a service dog your support helped train.

Retainer

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As your nonprofit starts to blossom, don’t be surprised if you are conflicted over how much to spend on nonprofit administration, especially fundraising. And fundraising. The training. As the costs add up, you might be asking: How much of a nonprofit’s annual budget should be spent on administrative tasks and fundraising?

Fundraising

Qgiv

JULY 12, 2022

How do you recruit, coach, and retain your board members? Before worrying about how to coach and retain board members, you first need a full board. Retaining your board members. Here are our tips on how to retain your board members and ensure their satisfaction with serving your organization as a board member.

Retainer

Pamela Grow

APRIL 29, 2023

According to the latest data from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , nonprofits continue to face a concerning decline in donors and donations. The struggle to retain donors is widespread, with the lowest recorded donor retention rate at 42.6%. Your overall focus in fundraising should always be general operating support.

Nonprofit

Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Use GivingTuesday as the kickoff to your year-end fundraising campaign. Check out some other great tips to maximize your year-end fundraising campaign kick-off from Candid’s recent webinar. Have a year-end fundraising goal and plan to set yourself up for success. Folks are staying consistent or even increasing their giving.

Fundraising

CauseVox

JUNE 23, 2022

Everyone knows that effective communication with donors is essential to successful online fundraising. Nathan Hill is the VP of Marketing at NextAfter , a fundraising consulting research lab and institute on a mission to unleash generosity. Attracting and retaining major donors is a top priority for all nonprofit organizations.

Fundraising

Qgiv

MARCH 27, 2023

ChatGPT and fundraising may not be two things you’d think would go together, but the combination works better than you’d expect. What is ChatGPT ChatGPT for Fundraising Appeals ChatGPT for Thank Yous ChatGPT for Resource Materials ChatGPT for Fundraising Ideas What is ChatGPT? Be sure to double check any work created by ChatGPT.

ChatGPT

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 19, 2021

For New York City-based Smile Train, the largest cleft organization in the world, its year-end efforts last year presented challenges, yet valuable lessons learned that it will utilize as it moves forward. Now, capitalizing on last year’s fundraising success is vital. Now, capitalizing on last year’s fundraising success is vital.

Retainer

Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Recruiting and retaining staff can feel like scaling a mountain. Following along with our volunteer manager example, a nonprofit might list volunteer scheduling, outreach, onboarding, supervision, and training as part of the new hire’s duties. Provide relevant training and resources. Preferred skills.

Nonprofit

Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Recruiting and retaining staff can feel like scaling a mountain. Following along with our volunteer manager example, a nonprofit might list volunteer scheduling, outreach, onboarding, supervision, and training as part of the new hire’s duties. Provide relevant training and resources. Preferred skills.

Nonprofit

Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

We faced a global pandemic, resulting in oftentimes disastrous fundraising. Organizations relying on event-driven fundraising suffered. And one of the biggest event-driven fundraising models shuttered their doors. Then, once nonprofits recovered their wits and resumed asking, fundraising initially rebounded big time.

AI

Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising is an incredible opportunity to leverage your supporters’ personal networks and increase the reach of your campaign. This strategy involves recruiting supporters to fundraise on your behalf, and you might be surprised to find out just how many of them are willing to fundraise for your organization!

Fundraising

Greater Giving

AUGUST 13, 2024

School fundraising is a complex endeavor, requiring a delicate balance of strategy, resources, and community engagement. While many challenges arise, one stands out as the most significant: recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers. Ongoing training : Provide opportunities for skill development and growth.

Fundraising

CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Fundraising during Covid has been disruptive for everyone – every single sector has been impacted but particularly those that work in event fundraising. Due to social isolation policies, many nonprofits have had to cancel or reimagine their future fundraising events (depending on their location). Crowdfunding.

Fundraising