Fundraising
October 26, 2015 at 10:26 am
A few weeks ago, I was asked to speak to the Big Bend Association of Fundraising Professionals about anything I wanted to talk about. So I chose to talk about what I’ve learned working and volunteering in the nonprofit sector for the past 30 years. I titled my speech “The Lessons I’ve Learned, Sometimes the…
September 3, 2015 at 9:52 am
Arguably, your fundraising appeal is one of the most important parts of your nonprofit crowdfunding campaign. It’s the heart of your cause. The meat and potatoes of your mission. The crucial part where you tell supporters what your goal is and why they should care. You know your crowdfunding campaign inside and out. But, you…
August 7, 2015 at 2:02 pm
What will it take to get millennials talking about the damaged Jefferson Memorial in Washington? Maybe a music festival with a lineup featuring Drake, the Strokes and other popular musicians. That’s what the Trust for the National Mall is banking on as it gets ready to host its first Landmark Music Festival in September, featuring…
July 27, 2015 at 1:28 pm
A little teamwork between NPR and some member stations is helping raise money for future public media projects. According to Current, more than $4 million has been raised in the last year by NPR working with more than 40 stations in cities, like San Francisco, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Boston and New York. What types of projects…
July 17, 2015 at 1:52 pm
Six days after the FBI raided Allentown, Pa. City Hall, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton returned a $1,000 contribution from Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski's campaign committee. The donation, made May 5 by Friends of Ed Pawlowski, was refunded July 8 by Hillary for America, according to Federal Election Commission records. The Clinton campaign and Pawlowski did…
July 9, 2015 at 1:51 pm
Foundation staff and major donors may not hear much direct criticism of their foundations or giving, surrounded as they are by grantees and grant seekers. But it seems like everyone has a point of view on what philanthropists should be doing: You can’t flip through more than a few pages of The Chronicle of Philanthropy…
July 2, 2015 at 1:25 pm
Fundraising is often used as a proxy for the strength of a campaign, and Hillary Clinton's team wants everyone to know she's $45 million strong. Clinton is the first major candidate to announce their fundraising haul this cycle ahead of a midmonth reporting deadline. Clinton's campaign says she raised more than $45 million in donations…
June 25, 2015 at 1:33 pm
Charity communications and fundraising departments have not always seen eye to eye. A 2011 survey of 115 professionals in both fields by CharityComms and Forster found that only 14 percent of respondents felt the two departments always worked towards shared goals. “We don’t talk to each other,” said one participant. “The communications team doesn’t know…
June 25, 2015 at 1:28 pm
The money race for second place is on. With a June 30 fundraising deadline drawing near, speculation over how much money Republican presidential candidates will collect is reaching a fever pitch. It's already clear that Jeb Bush will come out on top regardless of whether he hits or even surpasses the $100 million target many in…
June 15, 2015 at 2:03 pm
A new website a Kansas City, Mo., man plans to launch this coming week will promote crowdfunding to raise money for local nonprofit agencies through even the most modest of donations. Tim Racer, who pitched his proposal in November during Kansas City Startup Weekend, said the first step will be to amass donors through his…
