Fundraiser Education

The University of Miami and New York University announce a unique partnership to bring experts from NYU's nationally-renown philanthropy program to South Florida for a one day conference for development professionals.

Entitled, The Art Of The Ask: A Critical Component In Fundraising, the conference features faculty and authors from NYU's Heyman Center, the foremost experts in the field.

Catholic Charities of Terre Haute has a new Facebook page and Terre Haute Children’s Museum has a new video aimed at recruiting volunteers. Both nonprofits have benefited from the work of St. Mary-of-the-Woods College students, who've helped them better use social media.

The “Social Marketing Experiment” project is funded through a $15,000 Ball Brothers Foundation Venture grant and the Lilly Endowment. Teams of on-campus and distance student-interns piloted the program, in which they designed and implemented social marketing strategies for the nonprofits.

Fundraising pros Dane Grams and Richard DeVeau offer some general tips for small and midsized nonprofit organizations.

Here are the four forever facts about fundraising.

The competition for foundation grants is greater than ever with charitable service demand at an all-time high. So to ensure your organization is in position to grab the attention of grantmakers, make sure you're set up with the pre-grantseeking needs foundations look for.

American Express released findings from a "Perspectives on Nonprofits" survey, which shows that while seven in ten Americans (71%) trust nonprofits more than they trust government or industry to address some of the most pressing issues of our time, more than eight in ten Americans (83%) believe that nonprofits do not always have the resources they need to invest in the growth and development of their employees.

Target Marketing Group catches up with Bridgeline Digital, Pitney Bowes and Infogroup.

This October, the Foundation Center will hold its annual Funding for Arts Month with special events, classes, and resources aimed at helping artists and nonprofit arts organizations become better grantseekers and increase their funding.

At free programs in the Center's Atlanta, Cleveland, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, locations, participants can discover fundraising strategies, network with fellow artists and colleagues, and gain insight into their local arts funding community.

C-level executives Angel Aloma, Danny McGregor and Atul Tandon, along with moderator Tom Harrison, discussed the biggest issues concerning fundraisers at the DMA Nonprofit Federation New York Nonprofit Conference.

C-level executives Angel Aloma, Danny McGregor and Atul Tandon, along with moderator Tom Harrison, discussed the biggest issues concerning fundraisers at the DMA Nonprofit Federation New York Nonprofit Conference.