10 Foolproof Fundraising Tactics
Make it a practice to routinely scope out new sources of foundation funding. I was recently asked, "Well, after so many years, don't you run out of new potential foundation funders?" The answer is a resounding, "No!" Not if you keep your eyes and ears open and engage in weekly research.
Develop a system where you send proposals or letters of inquiry to new foundations on a weekly basis. Work on building relationships with foundation funders.
Pamela Grow is the publisher of The Grow Report, the author of Simple Development Systems and the founder of Simple Development Systems: The Membership Program and Basics & More fundraising fundamentals e-courses. She has been helping small nonprofits raise dramatically more money for over 15 years, and was named one of the 50 Most Influential Fundraisers by Civil Society magazine, and one of the 40 Most Effective Fundraising Consultants by The Michael Chatman Giving Show.
