“I Can’t Tell People What They Should Give!”

By Tony Poderis on July 2, 2013

No one would argue the fact that every fundraising campaign needs a goal and that everyone connected with the campaign, including prospective donors, needs to be aware of that goal. Why, then, do people so often fight the setting of a goal for each prospective donor and the sharing of that goal with the prospect? […]

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CFC Summer 2013 Action Planning — What Do They Want?

By Carter McNamara on June 27, 2013

Update on Proposed Changes to CFC Regulations: First, regarding the proposed changes to the CFC regulation (in my May 30 posting), I want to thank you if you took the opportunity to send a comment to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) about the proposed changes. While the Federal Register comment period closed on June […]

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It’s a Blogiversary – The 300th Posting of the Fundraising Blog…

By Hank Lewis, MA, CFRM on June 25, 2013

…and I’m taking this opportunity to thank a few people and emphasize the fundraising rules upon which all of the blog postings are based. Giving Thanks First, I have to thank Carter McNamara, owner of this website and creator of the Free Management Library, for inviting me to “invent” the Fundraising Blog, and to keep […]

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Special CFC Update: Congressional Hearing on Proposed CFC Regulations

By Carter McNamara on June 24, 2013

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Congressional Hearing on OPM’s Proposed Changes to CFC which was originally scheduled for June 26, 2013 has been postponed. The hearing is tentatively being rescheduled for July 10, 2013 Watch This Space for Updates. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) received more than 800 comments about the proposed changes to the CFC […]

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More Direct Mail: Bequests III

By Tony Martignetti on June 20, 2013

In May I helped you write your direct mail bequest letter. This month, tips on what to do with your letter. If your budget won’t allow direct mail, don’t worry. There are plenty of other bequest promotion channels and I’ll get to them. These ideas will improve your direct mail bequest letter: Personalize. Use full […]

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In Government Grant Proposals … You Should Address The Needs of The Reviewers

By Jayme Sokolow on June 18, 2013

In the process of applying for government grants, we often talk about the need to address the specific agency’s hot buttons and issues in our proposals. But how many of us address the way in which reviewers of our proposals make decisions? Over the past twenty years, there has been a great deal of research […]

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Donor Retention and Donor Databases

By guest on June 13, 2013

A Guest Posting by Mari Lane Gewecke (The second of two guest postings on this subject) A client contacted me after being approached by a donor database sales representative with a proposal to solve their donor retention challenges by replacing their current database. The feature in the new software that most interested my client was […]

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Choosing a Nonprofit Database

By guest on June 11, 2013

A Guest Posting by Ken Ristine (The first of two perspectives on this subject, by two guest writers. The second piece will post this Thursday.) Ever since desktop computers became common, nonprofits have found it a challenge to evaluate and adopt new technology. During the early years my major questions of organizations requesting grants for […]

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Developing Financial Information for Grants: A Team Effort – Thank Goodness! (Part I)

By Lynn deLearie on June 6, 2013

I admit it: program budgets, operating budgets, budget narratives, budget justifications, and audited financial statements are not some of my favorite things. Fortunately for me, and possibly many grant managers, developing program budgets and other financial information needed for grant proposals is a team effort. Previously, I outlined the financial information to include in your […]

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Who Dreams Up This Stuff?

By Tony Poderis on June 4, 2013

An e-mail sent to me recently…. “I have read that when setting a donation goal for each major donor prospect you should project 10x their largest single gift. Is this a good rule of thumb?” This is yet another of the several similar hard-to-believe instances over the years when someone cited such an unfounded and […]

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