Collection: Fundraising & Development

Fundraising and Development

Fundraising is about more than asking for support. It is about building trust, communicating value, and creating sustainable strategies that help the mission keep moving. This collection helps nonprofit professionals strengthen development efforts with practical training they can apply right away.

  • The A-Z of Nonprofit Endowment
    The A-Z of Nonprofit Endowment

    Nonprofit organizations can secure their long-term financial future by receiving an endowment. An endowment reflects a donor's dedication to a nonprofit organization.  It takes focus and careful planning to manage a nonprofit endowment fund. Endowment funds provide a continuous source...

  • Fundraising Strategy And Operations Certification
    Fundraising Strategy And Operations Certification

    The fundraising landscape has changed considerably over the last year. Development professionals are struggling to keep up and garner sufficient donations before the end of the year. Nonprofits that invest time and effort to improve their fundraising strategies fare better...

  • Top 12 Ways To Make Sure Your Event Raises Money
    Top 12 Ways To Make Sure Your Event Raises Money

    Fundraising genius Linda Lysakowski will help you get a grasp on post-pandemic event planning before it is too late. You will learn how to measure return and make wise decisions about organizing activities with the greatest impact. What You'll Learn:...

  • Knowing When To Say No Thanks: Effective Gift Acceptance For Nonprofits
    Knowing When To Say No Thanks: Effective Gift Acceptance For Nonprofits

    No, Thanks. Learn When It is Necessary to Decline Gifts. There are circumstances under which your organization should decline a gift from a donor. Effective gift acceptance policies provide necessary guardrails for nonprofit boards and staff members. You need to...

  • Simple Ways To Save Your Struggling Board For Fundraising Season
    Simple Ways To Save Your Struggling Board For Fundraising Season

    Reinvigorate Your Board in Time for Fundraising Season: Discover 7 Simple Strategies to Stop Struggling You need engaged board members now more than ever. It’s time for the busy fundraising season, and you are counting on them to cultivate donors,...

  • Top Ways To Find Top Fundraising Staff During The Great Resignation
    Top Ways To Find Top Fundraising Staff During The Great Resignation

    How to Get Your Next Fundraising Star - Bolster Your Nonprofit’s Team by Offering What Employees Want. The Great Resignation is underway. It has been a long time coming, due to: Toxic workplace cultures Systemic overwork and burnout A failure...

  • 5 Ways To Engage Your Board In Fundraising
    5 Ways To Engage Your Board In Fundraising

    Are Your Board Members Fundraising? Learn 5 Ways to Get Them Immediately Involved Successful nonprofits rely on their board members to contribute to the fundraising effort, even more critical than their fiduciary responsibility in driving and sustaining growth. You can...

  • Database Analysis: Whats Hiding In Your CRM?
    Database Analysis: Whats Hiding In Your CRM?

    Donations Are Hiding in Your CRM. Unlock the Data to Improve Fundraising Results Your CRM: Keeps all the information about your funders in a central place Identifies untapped opportunities Provides insights into fundraising successes you can emulate You need to...

  • 10 Quick And Easy Ways To Get Donors’ Attention
    10 Quick And Easy Ways To Get Donors’ Attention

    See How Easily You Can Get Donors’ Attention. Discover 10 Quick and Easy Ways to Attract Donors and Funds The number of nonprofits in the U.S. is increasing every year, now topping 1.5 million. When you’re a nonprofit leader, the...

  • The Board Agenda: How To Engage Your Board In Fundraising
    The Board Agenda: How To Engage Your Board In Fundraising

    Do Your Board Meetings Inspire Fundraising Results? Learn New Techniques to Engage Directors to Win Donations Board meetings should not be just a series of agenda items and financial reports. They need to be inspirational shows that will fill up...

  • How To Get More Money With Your Year End Appeal Emails
    How To Get More Money With Your Year End Appeal Emails

    The Ultimate Guide to Getting More and Bigger Donations: Learn How to Use A/B Testing to Optimize Your Pages. As your organization emerges from the pandemic and prepares for the year-end giving season, you need to be making website updates....

  • Be Donor-Centered: How To Put Donors Front And Center To Raise More Money
    Be Donor-Centered: How To Put Donors Front And Center To Raise More Money

    Put Your Donors at the Center. Discover a Sure-Fire Strategy to Raise More Money Putting your donors front and center will enable your nonprofit to raise more money. By engaging all your contributors and highly valuing their relationships, you can...