This post is for fundraisers (whether or not you're techies). These aren't resources for "online fundraising" — they're fundraising resources that are available online (for free). Tony Poderis's Fundraising Forum Library includes articles like Non-Profit Fund-Raising Demystified, Campaign … [Read more...]
Fundraising Tips from NTEN
NTEN's latest newsletter is all about fundraising. The stories included Rapid Donor Cultivation: Getting the First Online Gift Faster from Jeff Patrick and Jenny Feinberg. It describes the results of an email marketing and solicitation series created for the International Fund for Animal Welfare. … [Read more...]
$10 Million in Social Enterprise Awards from Google
Google will be giving out $10 million in awards through what it's calling Project 10^100 ("Project 10 to the 100th"). They are calling for "ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible" in the following categories: Community: How can we help connect people, build … [Read more...]
What Wealthy Donors Want
A new survey from the University of Pennsylvania's Center for High Impact Philanthropy provides insight into how philanthropists select charities to support, view overhead costs, obtain information about nonprofits, and assess the impact of their philanthropy. Researchers interviewed 33 … [Read more...]
How Charities Use Screening Tools to Find Donors
According to a study commissioned by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, large charities are much more likely than small ones to use wealth screening services. Approximately 1,300 fundraisers answered a survey asking whether they use screening services to identify prospective donors or likely upgrade … [Read more...]
Getting Fundraisers to Write Contact Reports
Jim Moore of CommUlinks posted a wonderful response to the following question on a mailing list for prospect researchers. He granted me permission to repost it here. Q: Can anyone share with me ways to ensure development officers are submitting contact reports? Or tools that you have provided … [Read more...]
Showcase of Fundraising Innovation & Inspiration (sofii.org)
I've been watching SOFII develop over the past few months, and it's having an amazing growth spurt. It was set up to "provide charitable fundraisers everywhere with an easily accessible archive of the best fundraising creativity from around the world." The quote from George Bernard Shaw on their … [Read more...]
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