I have never worked with a nonprofit who doesn’t need more: more money, more volunteers, more guests, more clients. To get MORE you need to keep expanding your circle of friends. Public Relations is one way to do that. By getting information about your organization out to the public, generally through press releases, you have [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Building Donor Loyalty By Cultivating Relationships
January 20, 2009 – 2:02 pm
A Strategy For Cultivating Relationships With Donors
We cultivate relationships with donors in order to bring them closer to an organization and strengthen their connection with that organization. There are many tools and techniques for cultivating donors, but before you can cultivate donors, you have to get them. So, a few words on donor acquisition [...]
How to Create Sponsorship Levels
January 18, 2009 – 7:21 pm
Do you struggle setting levels for your sponsorship events? Ever wonder what is too high or what is too low? I think those are questions everyone struggles with when you first start a sponsorship program.
Before you set your levels make sure that you have some way to steward and work with these groups by starting [...]
Homeowners Are Donating Their Homes For Charity Home Raffles in Order to Avoid Foreclosures
January 15, 2009 – 3:24 pm
Article by Amy Passmore of DIY Fundraising.
You’ve heard of “dream home giveaway” fundraisers. A charity or non-profit organization raffles off a home and raises hundreds of thousands of dollars. Well, many homeowners would like to do this with their homes in order to solve their financial problems. However, individuals cannot hold [...]
Building Donor Loyalty - A Goal for Every Organization
January 10, 2009 – 1:49 pm
A Goal For Every Organization
When we set fund-raising goals, we usually cast them in terms of dollars. However, the major fund-raising goal of any organization should be to build a base of loyal, supportive donors who give money year after year, campaign after campaign. It is that base of loyal, supportive donors upon which the [...]
