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Welcome to the Leaky Bucket blog, where we discuss everything related to measuring, managing, and improving fundraising performance. And some other stray thoughts from time to time.

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Our Leaky Bucket Assessment for Effective Fundraising has reached China! You might be surprised to see how a Chinese agency compares to our study.

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SMART Practices Resource Library

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