Planning for Unpredictable Times: Key Updates to Make to Your 2021 Fundraising Plan
The only thing certain about 2021 is uncertainty. You can’t anticipate your donors’ personal circumstances or their confidence to keep giving as usual.
The only thing certain about 2021 is uncertainty. You can’t anticipate your donors’ personal circumstances or their confidence to keep giving as usual.
Data is one of the most powerful tools to unlocking fundraising success for every organization.
As an organization, it can be incredibly difficult to know when and how to respond to times of global and local crisis.
I’ve recently been watching a lot of Marvel movies—one of my daughters has become a big fan. Sharing these stories with her has been a lot of fun, and during a recent rewatch of Guardians of the Galaxy, one scene struck me as an unexpected fundraising lesson.
Welcome Greater Chicago Food Depository! Douglas Shaw & Associates is pleased to announce their partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository. The Food Depository is part of a united community effort, working to bring food, dignity, and hope to people across Cook County, Illinois. The Food Depository acts as the hub for a network of over 700…
As an organization, it can be incredibly difficult to know when and how to respond to times of global and local crisis.
As a steward of the fundraising responsibility for your organization, one of your most critical responsibilities is inviting new supporters to be involved in accomplishing your mission! And not just for today, but people who will continue to support your organization for years to come.
As a steward of the fundraising responsibility for your organization, one of your most critical responsibilities is inviting new supporters to be involved in accomplishing your mission! And not just for today, but people who will continue to support your organization for years to come.
If you listed the top five ways your organization could start the year off strong, what would make the cut? Perhaps it’s staying ahead of the latest trends, having a solid strategic plan, or effectively utilizing data and analysis. But there’s one thing even more important than all of the above—your donors.
Foundations matter. And the best time to fix a faulty foundation is before you start building on it. When it comes to building a monthly donor program (aka a sustainer program), this is especially important because all your assumptions will get cemented into the foundation of its structure.
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