Leaky Bucket Blog

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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Fundraising is hard work. We are trying to make it easier. How? There’s plenty of good research on how, why, and when

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Two weeks ago, I did a webinar for the wonderful people at 4Good.org, called Fundraising the SMART Way: Why We Need a Fundraising Revolution.

What's the bigger challenge to fundraising: complexity or uncertainty? Both plague many development shops, which means reduced productivity.

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I’m writing a book about Fundraising the SMART Way, my methodology for sustainable fundraising based on the continuous improvement model.

Many nonprofit executives have told me that they don’t know how to “find” donors. The "finding" problem keeps them awake at night. They w

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SMART Practices Resource Library

Check out our library of free resources you can use to improve your fundraising, make better decisions, and more. You’ll find white papers and other articles, plus some powerful calculators.

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