Fifteen years of data. One honest look at how your fundraising really works.

When did you last get a clear, objective picture of how your fundraising operation actually performs — not just whether you hit last year’s goal, but whether your underlying practices are set up to keep hitting it?

The Leaky Bucket Assessment shows you exactly where your fundraising practices are strong, where they’re leaking, and where the fastest opportunities for improvement are hiding.

Leaky Bucket Lite — Free Individual Assessment

Whether you’re a fundraiser, a development manager, or an Executive Director, the Leaky Bucket Lite gives you an immediate, personalized picture of where your fundraising operation stands. It takes about ten minutes, it’s free, and your results are waiting the moment you finish.

Backed by fifteen years of data from over 1,600 nonprofit fundraising professionals — so you’re not just seeing your own score, you’re seeing how you compare to the field.

Fundraising leaks show up in more places than most organizations realize — from how you qualify prospects to how you budget for next year’s goals. The Leaky Bucket Assessment identifies where yours are hiding.
Your results pinpoint exactly which practices to focus on first, so you can make targeted improvements rather than guessing at what to fix.
Fundraisers, managers, and EDs all walk away with a clearer picture of what’s working, what isn’t, and what to do next.

Leaky Bucket Professional — Team Assessment

Want to know how your whole team sees the bucket? Leaky Bucket Professional gives every member of your fundraising team their own confidential assessment, then brings the results together into one picture — where your team agrees, where perceptions diverge, and where the real leak is hiding.

Coming soon. Join the waitlist to be notified when it launches.

Most nonprofits struggle with four organizational challenges: internal alignment; fundraising performance; fundraising methods; and donor management. Organizational challenges require organizational solutions.
Internal alignment, the "greatest unrecognized leak," has a profound effect on fundraising performance, methods, and donor management. LB Pro uncovers discrepancies within your organization that pinpoint strategic ways to "plug your leaks."
When internal alignment is achieved, the board, staff, and fundraising team can problem-solve together to accomplish the organization's fundraising goals, improve staff engagement, develop meaningful relationships with donors, and have predictable, consistent income and growth.

The Leaky Bucket Pro is an invaluable addition to traditional feasibility studies and development audits. It can help your organization overcome its greatest fundraising challenges.

Testimonials

Read how other nonprofits have transformed their operations and increased their fundraising results with our assessments.

I spent years as a comptroller in corporate, but until we took the Leaky Bucket Lite, I didn’t realize we had missed the boat on so many obvious things that we should have been doing to raise more money for our halfway house! Things are changing for the better now.

Chief Financial Officer
Half-way House for Recently Incarcerated

The Leaky Bucket Lite gave me a quick way to identify gaps in my organization’s fundraising, and the recommendations that came with our scores were very helpful. I have asked my board chair to take it too – so we are on the same page.

Co-Founder
Health Education Program for Marginalized Communities

Our organization has made most of our income from memberships and events, up to now. But now we are committed to improving results from major gifts, which means understanding what makes our donors tick. The Leaky Bucket Pro was an eye-opener for us. It gave us a chance to see the disconnects between what our fundraising team is doing and what the board thinks they’re doing, a big help as we emphasize major donors.

Chief Operating Officer
National Conservation Organization

As the nonprofit sector braces for a major shift in the equilibrium between the “Art and Science” of philanthropy, the Leaky Bucket cuts right to the center of fundraising operations to help modern nonprofits clearly to identify gaps and opportunities, help streamline processes and support strategic growth initiatives.

Nathan Chappel, Senior Vice President
AI Products, DonorSearch

Fifteen years of data. One honest look at how your fundraising really works.

The Leaky Bucket Assessment shows you exactly where your fundraising practices are strong, where they’re leaking, and where the fastest opportunities for improvement are hiding.

Leaky Bucket Lite — Free Individual Assessment

Leaky Bucket Professional — Team Assessment

The Leaky Bucket Pro is an invaluable addition to traditional feasibility studies and development audits. It can help your organization overcome its greatest fundraising challenges.

Testimonials

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