Fundraising Basics
The Benefits of Alumni Fundraising
Given the current state of the economy, many educational facilities find themselves struggling and placing a greater importance on Alumni fundraising. Alumni fundraising has many benefits when it comes to boosting an educational facility’s budget. For one, there is generally very little, if any, start-up costs to holding a fundraising event or planning a campaign [...]
Event Fundraising – Pricing Tickets and Soliciting Donations
By Rose Wang Chin and Carlton Chin The main purpose of the article is to present an analysis of a fundraiser’s numbers, but we also learned some good lessons along the way. Get the Support of Others to Build a Good Foundation We were fortunate to have the support of much of our town for [...]
Sample Fundraising Letter – How to Use This Template Correctly
When getting ready to have a fundraiser one of the most important parts of your fundraiser is crafting a letter to send to prospective donors informing them of your fundraiser. The letter can service a few different purposes; one can be to ask for donations directly, while another purpose can be to inform prospective donors [...]
A Forgotten Goal of Online Fundraising
Online fundraising is awesome. Done right, it can take the very best of your mission and spread it through e-mail to thousands of donors around the world, bringing cash into your organization within minutes. If it only did that, it would be worth every second I’ve ever put into writing messages and landing pages for [...]
Friendly Fundraising Letters – Six Easy Ways to Warm Up Your Next Donation Request
Which would you read first (and right to the end): a typed, generis fundraising letter from the Red Cross or a hand-written letter from your grandma Hostetler in Muleshoe, TX? I’d choose the personal letter over the impersonal every time. And so would your donors. The secret to making your impersonal fundraising letter personal is [...]
Fundraising ebook Reviews
It’s hard to know if a fundraising ebook is worth the money. We’re asking our readers to tell us their opinion of these ebooks.
Are You the Chairperson or the Referee?
I’ve only worked with a couple of professional Project Managers in my life. One of them was even certified so he could put PMP after his signature (Project Management Professional). This guy knew how to break a project down into it’s most minor tasks, prioritize and schedule them, keep everything on track and produce a [...]
Who’s in Charge Here?
Are your fundraising activities run by a committee? How’s that working out for you? If you’re on a committee where everyone has the same goals, everyone jumps in when they see a need and they all agree on the fundrasing acivities, then good for you. On a more typical fundraising committee, personal goals, egos and [...]