Are you still ‘buying’ the overhead-ratio myth? Even worse, are your donors or grantmakers buying it? Keeping your overhead artifically low is a route to disaster. Here are a few secrets for overcoming the Overhead Myth in your nonprofit. Adopt them and see how much more impact you can achieve.
Donor retention rates getting you down? You’re not alone; rates have average 40% since 2005. But that also means we’re losing about half of our collective potential income if we don’t fix this problem. Here’s the secret to improving your donor retention rates.
Stop trying to do more and better activities. Focus instead of getting RESULTS. Manage fundraising for productivity!!
Events don’t raise money. They raise LEADS. See how.
Could we solve high staff turnover and low donor retention rates in one fell swoop? The data suggest we could – by improving management practices.
BoardSource has a great article on Measuring Fundraising Effectiveness, and you should read it. But I think they overlooked one important concept – what it takes to manage and empower the people who actually DO the fundraising for your nonprofit.
Fundraisers, are the holidays stressing you out? Try our traditional Tips for a Stress-Free Holiday. Eat chocolate.
Fundraising management: the secret weapon for super-power fundraising. Great fundraising performance depends on it. Your development team needs guidance and support and access to the right tools. Here’s how you can provide them.
Improve fundraising results, and drop the tin-cup mentality. Know which donors justify your scarce and precious fundraising time. See how the use of the SMART Way Prospect Scorecard, combined with DonorSearch powerful prospect research services will make a huge difference in your results.
Tools and methods for fundraising success, what nonprofit managers need to provide their teams to support their donor pipeline and prospect leads to meet goals
Three major Fundraising Management duties. Management vs Manager, strategic vs tactical, they’re not the same, learn the difference. Strong donor pipelines.
Revolutionizing fundraising. Part one in a series on nonprofit development and non-profit fundraising improvement. Fundraising development. Nonprofit management
