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Prospecting for Major Gifts? Top 6 Indicators of a Great Prospect

When you're prospecting for major gifts, the key to success for any fundraiser is finding the right donors. Not just those who care about your organization, but those who can give a significant contribution to your nonprofit. A.K.A., major…

Seven Golden Prospecting Strategies for Major Gifts

We are all searching, searching for the right prospecting strategies for major gifts. So what strategies are you using? Do you sometimes feel like you are kissing frogs to find a potential prince? Well, don't worry! We have all kissed our…

How to Get Your Board Members To Help Identify Major Gift Prospects

Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising, Capital Campaign, Major Gift Fundraising

Sometimes when board members are asked to help identify major gift prospects, it can be uncomfortable. Here's why: Board members often don't want to share names of people they know because they're afraid they will be asked to "hit up" their…

Love Song to My Major Gift Prospect List!

Donor Cultivation, Major Gift Fundraising

I’m admitting it. I'm warped. Maybe it’s weird or something but I just love my major gift prospect list. And I love the hunt to find lovely, generous, wonderful major gift doors. I love deep reconnaissance, finding out what’s…

They really did say all this stuff!

Fundraising Plan, Fundraising Strategy, Inspiration

Are you on the fence about joining our fundraising learning community? If so, I thought you might like to hear testimonials from some fundraising coaching members - about their real concrete results and success stories. “We applied strategies…

5 Tips To Ask Face-to-Face for Big Gifts in 2023

Asking for Donations

"What are the best practices in face-to-face asking?" One of our Major Gifts Intensive organizations asked us this question last week. They were ready to dive into person to person Gift Conversations. Today we're sharing a summary of what…

5 Steps to Build Donor Loyalty & Retention in 2023

Donor Cultivation

We’re having some fun with donor retention today. We do know that donor retention = donor loyalty, right? So donor retention is the name of the game for the coming year, and beyond. And your ultimate goal as a fundraiser is to build up…

5 Simple Tips to Nail Your Online Fundraising in 2023

Marketing & Communications

Online fundraising continues to grow in importance for all nonprofits. More and more gifts are coming in via website donation pages. However, we are seeing so many basic mistakes on nonprofit websites - of both large and small organizations. The…

5 Ways to Attract Mega & Major Donors in 2023

Donor Cultivation, Donor-Centered Fundraising, Major Gift Fundraising

Here’s the third in my series of state-of-the-art fundraising tips for the new year: How to draw mega donors closer to your cause. There’s new thinking out there about cultivating prospective major donors. And it centers on this: How…

5 Steps to Create a Profitable Fundraising Plan in 2023

Fundraising Plan, Fundraising Strategy

Why do you need a full-fledged, profitable fundraising plan? A fundraising plan will help you operate a full efficient and profitability - and you'll raise far more money with a plan of action. It will help you control the flow of work in…

5 Ways to Give Board Members a Fundraising Makeover in 2023

Board Members & Fundraising

Are your board members unsure about fundraising? Do they back off when you want their help? It's actually pretty normal. Especially if your board members are not familiar with fundraising - how it works and how to make it successful. And…

Do You Really Need a Nonprofit Mentor?

Nonprofit Leadership

The nonprofit sector is a strong and vibrant community full of people willing to help each other out. And now more than ever, it’s important to come together and work as allies and mentors. This is a guest post from expert author John…

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