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Which Fundraising Events Bring in the Most Money for Small Nonprofits?

Get Fully Funded

Pay attention to the donor/attendee experience, then weigh out the potential cost and get ready to PLAN, PLAN, PLAN! You don’t want to spend more than you raise, and poor planning can turn an event into a budget buster that wastes your most precious resource – time and volunteers. The RIGHT event: Raises 10-20% of your annual budget.

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Is the Diminishing Number of Donors an Issue for Fundraisers?

Penelope Burk

That leaves fundraisers stealing from the budget that should be devoted to holding onto the donors they already have. What fundraisers need from leadership is a compelling, priority case, backed by evidence that your not-for-profit is ready and able to make it happen. As a result, profit suffers.

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Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too

Blackbaud

Since she signed the Giving Pledge in 2019 and began her momentous campaign of organization-changing donations, MacKenzie Scott has given away more than $17.3 You can create presentation-ready charts that visually show what funds were spent, how they were used, and how that has changed over time.

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Training Nonprofit Staff & Volunteers Effectively in 5 Steps

Get Fully Funded

But are you ready? More importantly, are your staff and volunteers ready and trained to perform productively in their roles? Marketing, facilities, budgeting, management, and everything else has changed, too—if not how you did them, then who accomplished the tasks, and where. Not so fast. Here are five steps to get them there.

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How to Write a Successful Annual Fundraising Plan in 6 Steps

Get Fully Funded

But … be ready to do it next year. If your Board adopted a budget for the fiscal year, your fundraising goal is the same as the total expenditures, plus at least 5 percent for cash reserves. Do ONE special event: You’ll never fully fund your budget with lots of little events. If your nonprofit is new, you get to skip this step.

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Donor Privacy: Protecting Your Revenue and Reputation Online

OneCause

The Blackbaud Institute reports that in 2020, total online giving across the sector was up by 21% over 2019. Small nonprofits with budgets less than $1M came a close second, with an over 22% year-over-year increase in their online giving revenue. In a 2019 survey, the Pew Research Center reports that 69% of U.S.

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MacKenzie Scott’s $250 Million “Open Call”: What We Know

Just Write Grants

Since 2019, she's donated a massive $14 billion to over 1,600 organizations in need, but the process of selecting recipients was a closely-guarded secret. This initiative follows her pledge in 2019 to donate at least half of her fortune to good causes. MacKenzie Scott's philanthropic journey has been shrouded in mystery.