A Blast From the Past: Boo! Don’t Scare Away Your Donors (November 2011)

FundRaising Success published its first issue in November 2003, which makes this our 10-year anniversary year. To celebrate, we'll be taking a look back at past issues throughout the year.

Since Halloween is approaching as I write this — and since I can't get the "Little Shop of Horrors" song out of my head — I thought I'd share some of the scariest mistakes I've seen from small nonprofits. My hope is that you take heed and learn from these so you can avoid them.