The Fundraiser Coach

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

One of the biggest challenges we face as major gift fundraisers is balancing two distinct ways of thinking: our internal, metrics-driven mindset versus the donor-focused approach that builds relationships. In the office, we're measured by revenue, the number of donors engaged, meetings booked, and Asks made (and successfully closed!). These are essential benchmarks, but when we sit down with donors, they’re not thinking in those terms.

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Fundraising Metrics Readiness Goals 147

Strategic Grants

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is returning on14 February to 2 March 2025. The 2025 Festival theme Free to be is a celebration of the strides toward true LGBTQIA+ equality while also acting as a global reminder that our fight is far from over, and that we are not truly free until we are all free to be. In honour of Mardi Gras, we are sharing some upcoming grant opportunities focused on initiatives supporting the LGBTQIA+ communities.

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Grant Grants Indirect Proposal 79

Soapbox Exchange

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Hi there, PUB Crawlers! These are unprecedented times, so this newsletter may look a little different than usual. The first post today is one I shared in the Trailblazer communitysomething I don't normally do, but with the recent federal funding freeze impacting so many in the nonprofit sector, I felt it was necessary. PICnet (Soapbox Engage) was born from a deeply personal experience when our co-founder and I were in Albania in 1999, helping refugees escaping a warzone.

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Funding Nonprofit IT 52