6 Dos and Don’ts for Fundraising Success This Giving Season
Tips for breathing new life into your year-end fundraising — especially online.
By MICHAEL WASSERMAN
Contributor
A 10-Point Guide for Improving Your Board Meeting Through Excellent Presentations
A nonprofit executive shares dos and don’ts for making the most of your time with trustees.
By David Yarnold
Contributor
Harvard’s five-year drive netted $9.6 billion, while the University of Michigan cleared $5 billion. Two fundraising leaders explain how they did it.
By Heather Joslyn and Timothy Sandoval
Tips for Forging Partnerships With National Companies
Learn from Comic Relief U.S.A. how to collaborate with big-name corporations as it did for its Red Nose Day campaign, which raises money for children living in poverty.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Turn the Risks of the New Tax Code Into a Fundraising Opportunity at Year’s End
5 Ways to help ensure that tax changes don’t hurt your bottom line this year.
By Dan Thain
Contributor
How to Hire and Retain Talented Fundraisers
Get insights and advice from veteran leaders on how to hire and keep high-performing members of your development team.
How to Make the Case for General Operating Support
Sell donors on giving unrestricted gifts by with clear goals, a grand vision, and storytelling that conveys results.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How to Keep Major Donors in the Fold
Experts share tips for cultivating key supporters over the years, including putting plans in writing.
Impact Matters, but How Can Nonprofits Prove It? 2 Scholars Offer Ideas to Get It Right.
Too many charities overinvest in data that do not credibly or responsibly answer questions about impact and underinvest in data that help guide management and improve operations.
The 10 Commandments of Corporate Partnerships
Listen more than you talk; be patient; deliver on your promises, and support a company’s business goals.
By David Hessekiel
Contributor