The Fundraiser Coach

JANUARY 13, 2025

When it comes to major gift fundraising, one mantra reigns supreme: Affinity eats capacity for breakfast. While financial capacity is undoubtedly an important factor, it’s the emotional connection—the belief in your mission and the relationship built over time—that drives transformational giving. Without affinity, capacity alone cannot translate into meaningful support.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 13, 2025

Happy New Year!Its hard to believe its already 2025. I hope 2024 was a successful year for your nonprofit organization. If it wasnt, you can work to make 2025 a better year. And if you were successful, you want that to continue. Many individuals make New Years resolutions and set goals. Your nonprofit should do the same. As with personal resolutions, you want your goals to be realistic and attainable.

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Clairification

JANUARY 13, 2025

Everyone’s been saying this, just about daily, for some time. These arent ordinary times. If the anthem for the Boomer generation was Bob Dylan’s “ The TImes They Are A’Changin’ ,” what’s the anthem for today? History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. Were living in the face of a firehose of breaking news, and much of it is difficult to digest.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 13, 2025

You see the writing on the wall. Your revenue is overly dependent on a handful of major donors or a single government grant. Sure, you have a CRM full of small and mid-level donors, and a few programs that bring in a little recurring revenue. But you need to diversify your revenue streams. The ideas come pouring in from around the organization. The development team wants to start an annual trivia night.

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This prompt guide for ChatGPT contains 20+ tested ChatGPT prompts, along with tips on how to use this tool the best way. Nonprofits can engage with ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, refine project plans, and craft compelling narratives for grant proposals.

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 13, 2025

Every organization engages in the vital process of writing grants. However, a critical question remains: how many are truly succeeding in securing them? The reality is that writing a grant is only the first step in a highly competitive process. Winning grants, especially in 2025, requires organizations to operate at the highest level of excellence and strategy.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 13, 2025

These days, workers rarely have a clearly defined path to the top of their organizations. Experts share advice on how to manage your career to advance. By Lisa Schohl iStockphoto These days, workers rarely have a clearly defined path to the top of their organizations. Experts share advice on how to manage your career to advance.

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Capital Campaign Pro

JANUARY 13, 2025

When organizations embark on a capital campaign, they often think about big goals, major donors, and tangible outcomes, like new facilities or increased endowment funds. But at the heart of most successful campaigns is something less flashy but equally essential: a strong strategic plan. Lets explore how strategic planning serves as both the catalyst for […] The post Strategic Planning: The Cornerstone of a Successful Capital Campaign appeared first on Capital Campaign Pro.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2025

Beyond providing data on grants, nonprofits, and foundations, Candid offers extensive subject matter expertise about the social sector as well as learning opportunities. These resources, which range from YouTube training videos to help articles , can get you the support you need regardless of skill or experience level. Now were pairing these knowledge sources with AI tools to answer your questions more holistically and guide you to the most essential information more effectively.

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Capital Campaign Pro

JANUARY 13, 2025

Season 4, Episode 23 In this episode, Amy Eisenstein sits down with Mallory Erickson, fundraising expert, coach, and host of What The Fundraising podcast. Together, they dive deep into the origins of the scarcity mindset in the nonprofit sector, exploring how this pervasive mentality impacts fundraising practices and organizational culture. Discover how historical factors shaped […] The post Podcast: Reframing Fundraising: Strategies to Combat Scarcity Mindset with Mallory Erickson appeare

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 13, 2025

A common reaction to a tight paid media budget is to wait until the giving season to use it.This is the wrong approach for lots of reasons.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 13, 2025

Question: Hello! I’m a grant writer/consultant who has been working with a client who lacks skills in funder cultivation and stewardship, and it’s really hindering them building a strong grants program. There are several large, local foundations that could give significant, multi-year funding, but it takes relationship-building. I’ve written many email drafts for my client to send for an inital reach out, but there’s rarely follow through.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 13, 2025

AARP opened applications for its Community Challenge grant program, which aims to help nonprofits make communities more livable.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 13, 2025

New 2025 government grants are here! And they bring with them the promise of opportunity in the new year. Government grants support initiatives that stimulate the economy, provide essential goods and goods and services to underserved communities, and fund projects that align with their missions. With so many grants available to support meaningful causes, now is the time to explore new opportunities.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 13, 2025

David Husmans donation to Nova Southeastern University honors his wife, Cathy, who died in 2023. By Maria Di Mento Nova Southeastern University David Husman, center, with NSU President and CEO Dr. Harry Moon, right, and neurologist Dr. Eduardo Locatelli, endowed chair of NSU Healths David and Cathy Husman Neuroscience Institute. Plus, Healthy Minds Project, the Trevor Project, and the University of Montana received big gifts to support mental health services, advocacy, and youth in crisis.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 13, 2025

The leader of the Boston-based foundation is stepping down after 11 years, having transformed it from a mom-and-pop philanthropy to one of the 25 largest private foundations in the United States. By Alex Daniels Dee Speaks Visuals Jim Canales doubled the Barr Foundations assets to about $2.8 billion, making it one of the 25 largest private foundations in the United States.

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