Why Participate in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)

By Carter McNamara on November 8, 2012

I’d like to share with you why, from my perspective, the CFC is the most donor friendly means for a Federal public servant to contribute to the charities they care about. Most of us play multiple roles, and this applies to our charitable donation world as well. In a CFC campaign, each Federal employee gets […]

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Hiding Major Donors’ Names From Funders

By Tony Poderis on November 6, 2012

The other day I came across yet another instance of a non-profit’s leadership huffing and puffing about a potential funder’s request for the names of their top ten individual donors to support the organization’s contribution request proposal. “Our policy,” the non-profit said, “is that we do not share such information.” It seems to me that […]

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Cultivating The Grantor (Part 2)

By Lynn deLearie on November 1, 2012

In my October 4th post, I introduced the second step in the four-step grantsmanship process: Grant Cultivation. I also outlined two methods I that have found to be effective in cultivating grants from foundations and corporations: including your Board Members and the Letter of Inquiry/Intent (LOI). This month’s post will continue with three additional methods […]

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“Give, Get or Get Off” — Revisited

By Hank Lewis, MA, CFRM on October 30, 2012

“Give, Get or Get Off” has long been a part of the lexicon of fundraising. It was and is still used most often and most appropriately with boards of NonProfit Organizations that were designed with that concept in mind. If that sounds circular, it is…. There are certain types of NPOs whose boards are specifically […]

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Events Are Team Efforts

By Natalie Lewis on October 25, 2012

An event without the right vendors can be anywhere from “ho-hum” to a total disaster! Be it a one night gala or a three-day conference with gala and other related special events, you want vendors that you know and have worked with in the past. The “look” of the event begins when people receive their […]

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Organizing/Reorganizing an All-Volunteer Nonprofit

By Hank Lewis, MA, CFRM on October 23, 2012

(The following is an email exchange….) I recently took over as President with the Xyz Dance Company. It is a very unorganized, 501(c)(3) volunteer (parents of dancers) organization. I have recommend to the group we seek professional assistance to get “organized” with a development plan, create proper manuals to help keep us on track, and […]

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Tips For a Successful Campaign … From My CFC Playbook

By Carter McNamara on October 18, 2012

There are about ten things your non-profit must do now in order to have a successful CFC campaign this fall – CFC campaigns run from Sept. 1 to Dec. 15 each year. I don’t have room to cover all ten in this post, but here are three of the most important, with the overarching theme […]

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Corporate-Fundraising Consultants

By Hank Lewis, MA, CFRM on October 16, 2012

This is an update/revision of a posting that appeared in October, 2010 In my 30+ years as a fundraising consultant, I’ve seen corporate fundraising done by staff and/or volunteers, with a consultant advising/teaching/guiding; and, I’ve seen a “consultant” doing the fundraising from the corporations on behalf of the NPO. In both cases, it always created […]

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Using Graphics in Your Proposals (Part 1)

By Jayme Sokolow on October 11, 2012

Don’t forget your proposal graphics! They can be, and usually are, important elements of persuasion. But too many grant proposals have poor graphics, too few graphics, or none at all. Graphics are Important Graphics are far more than entertaining diversions. We know, from considerable research on the subject, that good proposal graphics (appropriately integrated with […]

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’Development’ And ‘Fundraising’ Are Not Synonymous

By Hank Lewis, MA, CFRM on October 9, 2012

The following, provoked by questions to this blog, is a revision of a posting from April, 2010. Development is the process of creating and enhancing relationships with (potential) donors … hopefully leading to the solicitation/acquisition of (contributed) income. “Development” directly references the relationship between the donor and the nonprofit, and how that relationship satisfies the […]

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