Pamela Grow

MARCH 6, 2024

Only to be interrupted by a notification on your phone for a new *free* webinar promising the latest in fundraising innovation (probably something AI-related). Engaging, consistent donor communications provide the engine behind your fundraising program. SOFII The Showcase of Fundraising Innovation and Inspiration. Ann Handley.

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Future Fundraising Now

MARCH 3, 2025

Here are the 5 most-read Future Fundraising Now blog posts of the month of February: 207 ways to write better fundraising 8 steps to success for fundraisers How many appeals should you send? Book a FREE consultation with Sean Triner of Moceanic. Sean knows his stuff, and can help you find your way forward.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Thats where this months Grow Report book drawing comes in. Ive only just started reading Great Fundraising Organizations: Why and How the Worlds Best Charities Excel at Raising Money , and Im already widely recommending it to colleagues, students, and clients. Particularly fundraising professionals. Its about people.

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Fundraising HayDay

MARCH 6, 2025

Language is especially important when you serve as grant and/or fundraising professionals who use the written word to explain to funders the needs, successes, and goals of the communities we serve. When communicating with anyone, language matters. It is vital we use inclusive language no matter who we are talking about.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Alice Rossignol, Nonprofit Consultant Avoid AI Shortcuts and Put Yourself in the Donor’s Shoes Some suggest grant writing can be done by AI. Grant writing, like any fundraising, is about match-making a donor’s interest in impact with your organization’s mission and outcomes. David Patt from the National Assn.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 28, 2022

You can’t plan out your nonprofit’s impact this year without projecting your fundraising revenue. In fact, you must plan your programs first so you know what your fundraising goal is. 3 Rules for Projecting Fundraising Revenue. 3 Steps to Projecting Fundraising Revenue for Your Annual Plan . The two are tied together.

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Future Fundraising Now

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Here are the 5 most-read Future Fundraising Now blog posts of the month of November: For donations, belief is enough The 12 tips of Christmas [PODCAST] Numbers numb; stories stimulate Does your fundraising bore you? Book a FREE consultation with Sean Triner of Moceanic.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Over the weeks I began to recognize many handles, particularly those who brought up books and reading. One even mailed me a copy of a favorite book. Before long, books and reading became a common discission point. Thus, the Grant Pro Book Club was born. Thus, the Grant Pro Book Club was born.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

When you work in fundraising, the last thing you may think you can do is take time off from work. Fundraising has a round-the-clock urgency, the feeling that you always need to be planning the next campaign, sending a report to a funder, or whipping up social media graphics. How Many Days Should a Fundraiser Take Off?

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Fundly

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

10+ Top Fundraising Consulting Firms: Find the Best Partner! Similarly, when your nonprofit organization has a problem it cant solve on its own, your best bet is to turn to a nonprofit consulting firm! But one of the most common types of consulting nonprofits seek is fundraising consulting.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 16, 2024

However, fundraising isnt as simple as it seemsnumerous compliance considerations come along with soliciting funds and maintaining your organizations tax-exempt status. Robust fundraising software streamlines much more than fundraiser-specific tasks like item procurement for an auction or event ticketing for a gala.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 28, 2022

After years of pandemics, civil unrest, natural disasters, and economic uncertainty, what red-blooded grant writer or fundraiser wouldn’t want to curl up on a comfy couch and scroll away for a few minutes to escape the stress and practice some self-care? You deserve it. I couldn’t resist). That’s because you are the product. Don’t believe me?

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GiveSmart

APRIL 2, 2025

From April 27 to April 29, thousands of fundraisers from around the globe are following the road to Seattle for Elevating Impact: Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) ICON 2025. 1:1 Time with Fundraising Experts Where to Find GiveSmart by Momentive at AFP Icon Visit our fundraising experts at AFP EXCHANGE Booth #910.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

If you’re wondering how you should adapt your fundraising strategy to the new landscape, then look no further. Our Year-End Fundraising Resource Package has everything you need to craft a winning year-end campaign that is optimized for online fundraising. Download Our Free 2021 Year-End Fundraising Calendar.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JULY 21, 2023

Which means that for a full week, you will find me parked in a chair at the water’s edge with a book in hand. I will tear through book after book while sneaking glances at the rest of my crew as they boogie board, build sandcastles, and collect seashells. If I could get paid to read books all day long, I would be a happy camper.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

Drafting a fundraising plan can be intimidating, especially if it’s your first time and you have no fundraising plan structure. You see, a good fundraising plan isn’t something you knock out in an afternoon. Your answers will give your fundraising plan structure and allow you to move forward with this important task.

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Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

I’ll be sending out books in the next week or so, and notifying others about free consultations, webinars and gift cards. These times are your fundraising friends! Pinterest Board: #FWB40 – Special Occasion Fundraiser (This is the companion board to my new book that will be out in December.…

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Selfish Giving

JUNE 17, 2020

We had such a great book club meeting last week talking about the book Fanocracy ! Now it's time to pick our next book! ?? We have three new books that nicely capture the zeitgeist of the moment. I really encourage you to visit Amazon and read the descriptions for each book and a few reviews before making your pick.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

If you listen to the Fundraising HayDay podcast or know me some other way, you will quickly learn that I am an EXTRA extrovert. Yes, I have worked as a solo grant professional within a larger organization and as a lone grant consultant, working from home with no official colleagues to speak of. If we aren’t yet, just give it time.

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Future Fundraising Now

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Book a FREE consultation with Sean Triner of Moceanic. Book a FREE consultation with Sean Triner of Moceanic. Sean knows his stuff, and can help you find your way forward.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 13, 2010

As a consultant to nonprofits, my blood just boils when I am asked by executive directors or board members, “So, we are thinking about hiring a development officer, how long it will take before this person is raising more money than the salary we pay them?” I recently asked a group of fundraising professionals about their biggest challenge.

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Candid

JANUARY 17, 2024

Free nonprofit educational resources Most nonprofit leaders hold deep expertise in their organization’s focus area, but not everyone working in the social sector arrives equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to fundraise effectively. foundations have websites.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Named as a top thought leader and one to follow by Forbes and BizTech Magazine, Julia Campbell is a nonprofit digital consultant on a mission to make the digital world a better place.

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Future Fundraising Now

JANUARY 30, 2025

Book a FREE consultation with Sean Triner of Moceanic. Book a FREE consultation with Sean Triner of Moceanic. Sean knows his stuff, and can help you find your way forward.

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Future Fundraising Now

MAY 1, 2024

What your colleagues are reading: the 5 most-read Future Fundraising Now blog posts in the last month: What you need to know about midlevel donors How to write faster: 6.5 What your colleagues are reading: the 5 most-read Future Fundraising Now blog posts in the last month: What you need to know about midlevel donors How to write faster: 6.5

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Future Fundraising Now

AUGUST 1, 2024

Book a FREE consultation with Sean Triner of Moceanic. Sean knows his stuff, and can help you find your way forward.

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Future Fundraising Now

JUNE 3, 2024

Here are the 5 most-read Future Fundraising Now blog posts in the month of May: Simon Sinek is the victim of bad storytelling 9 ways to write better subject lines The amazingly good news about inclusive fundraising How the generation gap is killing your fundraising Do AI images work in fundraising?

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Candid

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Instead of starting a nonprofit, you might spend your time and effort in other ways to help drive your mission forward, such as volunteering, consulting, or fiscal sponsorship. Because this information is required to be made public, it’s worth considering whether an “open books” approach to advancing your cause feels right for you.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

ANNOUNCING THE FUNDRAISING QUICK START PROGRAM! The Fundraising QuickStart program is a 6-week webinar series designed to help you zero in on the strategies that are guaranteed to raise the funds your nonprofit needs NOW! It’ll be like having your own personal fundraising trainer to stretch you and help you grow!

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Future Fundraising Now

JULY 1, 2024

Here are the 5 most-read Future Fundraising Now blog posts in the month of June: 5 serious fundraising mistakes that you might be making Good fundraising is much more than well-written copy The dark secret of “churn-and-burn” fundraising How to prevent donor burnout Does your fundraising mean anything at all to your donors?

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Critical Fundraising

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A typology of so-called ‘disintermediated’ giving devised by a project team at the international fundraising think tank Rogare will shine a light on ethical and regulatory issues that are currently obscured. For example, at the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, money was transferred to individual Ukrainians via Airbnb bookings.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Storytelling is the currency of fundraising. Photos, videos, selfies, and personal stories allow us to embed emotional content in fundraising campaigns. They also invite our supporters and donors to be more deeply involved in our fundraising campaigns. What previous fundraising campaigns worked best and why?

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CauseVox

MAY 27, 2021

In this two-module masterclass, fundraising expert Joe Garecht will teach you how to build a successful major donor program, no matter the size of your non-profit. This e-guide includes sample fundraising asks, sample major donor funding proposals, and more. Bonus Item! Pre-registration is live! How much does this course cost?

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Future Fundraising Now

APRIL 1, 2024

Book a FREE consultation with Sean Triner of Moceanic. Sean knows his stuff, and can help you find your way forward.

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Gail Perry Group

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

If they invested in their fundraising program by hiring more staff and giving them systems, training, coaching, and support - then success would be fairly easy to achieve. It showed the exponential revenue increases they could expect as a result of spending more on fundraising. We projected a HUGE 10 to 1 return on investment.

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Selfish Giving

JULY 2, 2012

It’s definitely worth a deeper dive if you’re interested in pinups as a fundraiser for your business partners. Even then Shamrocks wer an classic fundraising practice. You might not have heard of pinups , but I bet you’ve bought one. Today, Shamrocks are still going strong and raising millions of dollars annually.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 6, 2012

Simplifying Online Fundraising with AidMatrix. Virtual Aid Drive is a set of web-based online fundraising and donation drive management tools. Virtual Aid Drive helps organizations run drives to collect food, books, clothing, and other needed items. It's a cloud-based tool, built on the Windows Azure platform. How About You?

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