This exercise is adapted from a book, Train Your Board (and Everyone Else) to Raise Money: A Cookbook of Easy-to-Use Fundraising Exercises, published by Emerson and Church, emersonandchurch.com. Used with permission. The 50-plus exercises in the book were contributed by the authors and nearly a dozen other trainers and consultants. Far too often, we treat
For Native Americans across the country, voting by mail is next to impossible due to barriers that continue to disenfranchise nearly 6 million Americans.
Some organizations that have spent too many months in full or partial lockdown see no clear end in sight. In some cases, communities will suffer greatly from their loss.
This solution to problems created by the status quo of grantmaking may have some significant issues of its own. Care to chime in?
Native women experience 10 times more violence than average, a problem abetted by inconsistent or nonexistent data collection and reporting practices.
Last year, newly elected Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a redirection of $750 million of city funds for projects in 10 underinvested neighborhoods.
One in four fundraisers experience sexual abuse. Liz LeClair and Heather Hill describe the personal and professional costs and say better protection is needed from donors.
Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Sep/Oct 2010, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. When would you like me to wash your car? Have you considered adopting an adult? May I have another piece of cheesecake? But seriously, folks… If you’re new to face-to-face fundraising, you’re probably focusing on
One lesson from a community organizing group in Iowa: Increasing their membership and engaging members in meaningful organizing are essentially the same work.
Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Nov/Dec 2010, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. I WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU to GIFT for all the tremendous work you have done to bring us together and to support us in becoming more sustainable as a movement. I work for
Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Mar/Apr 2010, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. IN MY WORK AS A FUNDRAISING CONSULTANT, I’m always surprised at how many nonprofits overlook what seems to be an obvious source of new donor prospects: the people who are served by or are most involved
A 449-page report from the House Judiciary Committee calls for reviving antitrust law to meet the dangers posed by ever-rising economic concentration.