Fundraiser Education

In other articles, I've talked about how adding more payment options has helped my organization. By including mobile and online payments, we've seen an increase in donations across our donor demographic. This includes praise for direct debit, debit and credit cards and mobile payment tools. Now, with the advent of digital currency, also known as…

Four phenomena jumped out at me that I realized are transferable to the nonprofit world. I was reminded that successful leaders—whether in sports, business, education and or the nonprofit world—share many traits and cultivate important habits...

Community Brands, a company that provides software solutions for associations, nonprofits and schools, recently appointed Rick Bradberry as its new chief marketing officer...

Barbara Bush leaves a void in the American political scene. She was a woman of class, and, when your husband and son became president, a woman of fortitude. She was fiercely loyal to her family, as she should be. Regardless of your political views, the true character of this woman is reflected in the deep affection that the Obama and Clinton families have for her...

Some nonprofit executives fear that the nonprofit pie is a zero-sum game. They fear that there is a limited number of charitable dollars available and that they are in nonprofit competition with other organizations for their share of the pie. We tend not to ascribe to this philosophy; our view is that the dollars in…

Years ago, while growing up in West Virginia, I had a dream. My dream was to obtain a doctorate degree. I was focused on the quest to obtain the degree and not on how I would ultimately use the degree. While I was a graduate assistant at the Marshall University Graduate College, I befriended a professor who was completing his doctorate degree...

One of the great pleasures in working with nonprofit clients is getting up every day and knowing that you are helping them do good on behalf of their constituencies. They advocate on behalf of people living with autism, cancers, ALS and cystic fibrosis. Some support people dealing with the hardships surrounding immigration, homelessness, depression or drug addiction...

We are entering a new era—the impact era—where increasingly philanthropists are grounding their generosity in decisions focused on having real social impact. And, in response, nonprofit organizations are learning to refocus their strategies to maximize that impact. When Hurricane Harvey made landfall in August 2017, it dumped an estimated 27 trillion gallons of rain on…

I work for Indiana Division of The Salvation Army. The nonprofit mission is as follows: “The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination...

As I heard a development officer giving his tips about major donors, I couldn’t help but think of Maurice Sendak’s classic, “Where the Wild things Are.” In Sendak’s tale, the little boy Max is sent to bed after wreaking havoc in his house...