The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 26, 2025

Community grant makers are "built for this moment" of division in America, says New York Community Trust's Amy Freitag. The trust wants to change how it's perceived by the average New Yorker. Community grant makers are "built for this moment" of division in America, says New York Community Trust's Amy Freitag.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 25, 2025

Id much rather present a smaller number of opportunities that are well-aligned with an organizations programs than a long list of opportunities for which they wont be competitive. How many grants did they fund per year? Finances: How much money does the funder have to grant? Do they appear to be spending down their assets?

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Beginning in 2012, Giving Tuesday has taken place the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. This year it will be on December 3. I’m not going to tell you whether or not you should participate in Giving Tuesday. Perhaps you’re planning to participate for the first time. And, you don’t want your messages to resemble spam. This is where it often falls short.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

And when you don’t make it easy for donors to choose to support your charity, you inevitably make it easy for them to choose not to. This is where I ask you how you view your role. Are you a philanthropy facilitator or a fundraiser? And why, do you think, making this distinction might matter? And people are giving. But… guess what? Lots of it.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Studies show one-fourth of all charitable giving happens in December. For some organizations (maybe yours?), it’s as much as one-third. Year-end fundraising is not chopped chicken liver! Specific solution you’re proposing to address the problem – with your donor’s help. Describe the problem.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

No matter your politics, this is crisis time for many nonprofits who rely on federal grants and loans (about 30% of all charities ). It’s also crisis time for the beneficiaries of many nonprofits, who are scared, stressed, depressed and otherwise at loose ends due to the rapidly changing environment. Or the other shoe is about to drop.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 13, 2025

Happy New Year!Its 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. Even gifts of $5.00

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 17, 2025

Right now were dealing with cuts in federal funding, tariffs, a plunging stock market, etc, which are creating constant chaos for us. Both your nonprofit and your donors may be feeling financially strained. Acquiring new donors is more expensive than keeping the ones you already have, so its important for you to keep track of your retention rate.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 20, 2025

Giving Tuesday is the worst example of this, with Year End close behind. Generally, it happens way too often. Remember this Building relationships is just as important as raising money. The concept of relationship fundraising has been around for a while, even though its not always implemented. The two go together. That includes fundraising appeals.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 24, 2025

You may think youre practicing donor engagement by sending thank you letters and newsletters, but is the content actually engaging? Its often formulaic and just downright dull. Many nonprofits send all their donors the same appeal and thank you letters. It sounds obvious, but your donor engagement should be engaging. Your donors deserve better.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Start with a special thank you According to fundraising expert, Dr. Adrian Sargeant, “The thank you is the single most important piece of communication that your donors get. They have a higher recall of it than the appeal that generated the gift.” Keep that in mind, especially for your new donors. Welcome your new donors.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 27, 2025

If your organization doesnt have a monthly/recurring giving program or its fairly small, why is that? Whether youre a big or a smaller organization or your fundraising went well last year or it didnt, monthly giving makes so much sense (or cents). In short, you need to go all in on monthly giving. Political candidates do it all the time.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Now you have a dilemma. Organizations need to share accomplishments and show gratitude to their donors, but is the annual report the best way to do that? First, lets stop calling it an annual report and call it an impact or gratitude report instead. In this post, Ill use the term impact report (but dont forget about gratitude).

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The Fundraiser Coach

MARCH 17, 2025

Every major gift fundraiser has imagined it: the moment you’re sitting across from a donor, and a carefully orchestrated conversation builds toward the Ask. I’ve been on the asking side countless times. But last year, I found myself on the receiving end. ” Now, I could see exactly where this was going. So what happened next?

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Showing some appreciation to your donors right now can help you raise more money for your year-end campaign (or any campaign). It will also make it more likely your donors will give again. Francesca Gino from the Harvard Business School calls this the Gratitude Effect. You’re never too busy to thank your donors. to express gratitude.

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The Fundraiser Coach

JANUARY 20, 2025

Sometimes without even realizing it, fundraisers stop staying in touch with the donor, leaving the donor feeling unappreciated and disconnected from the mission they just supported. Philanthropy is a sacred proposition based on trust, and there are no shortcuts to trust." Now I'm moving on.” ” Why does transactional fundraising happen?

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Clairification

MARCH 3, 2025

How will you and your nonprofit make it through these trying times? Two words: EMPATHY. INNOVATION. These are the two qualities most needed in todays topsy-turvy world. And theyre by far the best way to connect meaningfully with your constituents. Id like you to think of them as your newly essential fundraising and communication strategies.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The major gift journey is a synergistic one. You see, its both your journey and your donors journey. If you want to follow along the most direct pathway to sustainable philanthropy, youll want to consider the two-fold nature of the expeditious endeavor known as major gift fundraising. Or, as I prefer to call it, passionate philanthropy.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Fortunately, when it comes to the structure of a Letter of Inquiry, you dont have to guess at what is required. Sometimes the funder will tell you exactly what they want, and they might even provide a sample. As you do that, consider why the funder uses a Letter of Inquiry. That would simple take too long. So make it count! That, alone, is powerful.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Your website can be a great marketing tool, but it can also help your nonprofit raise funds. Learn how to encourage donations on your nonprofit website. However, one of its most important functions is as a tool for fundraising. If designed correctly, your website can be an unstoppable force in driving donations. Keep the form to one page.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The work of philanthropy facilitation is very personal. And, fundamentally, its based on trust. Which is why establishing and building trust should be part of your nonprofit and personal mission. Their wounds and fears; hopes and dreams; weaknesses and potential and everything you promise to do to fulfill on your mission.

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The Fundraiser Coach

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The Donor Mindset: "My interests evolve, and I appreciate when fundraisers take the time to ask what excites me now." Many fundraisers rely on past meeting notes and giving history to guide donor conversations. Shift Your Approach: Instead of assuming you know what matters to a donor, create space for discovery. Arrange for leadership (e.g.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Statement of Activities The statement of activities is the nonprofit equivalent of a for-profit income statement. It provides detailed information about your organizations transactions during a given year, showing where your funding came from and where it went as you furthered your mission. Youll typically list these in order of liquidity (i.e.,

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Clairification

JANUARY 27, 2025

Today I want to talk about the heart of successful major gift fundraising. Its about reframing what you may think of as a pitch into what your donor would like to consider a promise. The pitch is one way. A monologue you deliver about everything you know about your organization.

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Hands-On Fundraising

MARCH 4, 2025

It’s not about you. Quite often, I go through my mail and see appeals that disappoint me. It’s not that the cause is wrong (those I rarely even open). It’s the self-aggrandizing tone. I’ve been thinking about this for years and have held off writing anything.

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Clairification

MARCH 13, 2025

So, before I dive into AI-powered strategies to help you focus on the projects that move the needle, I want to clarify AI is not a replacement for your job.I see AI as a helper, something that can make your day-to-day easier so you can focus on higher priority, more strategic initiatives.

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Clairification

JANUARY 30, 2025

When youre not aware youre making a mistake, its hard to avoid it. So lets get curious. Im going to ask you to close your eyes for a minute to imagine a donor youve been wanting to ask for a major gift. Im going to ask you to visualize a space where youre meeting. Put them in your office, their home, a caf or even a Zoom screen. Uncomfortable?

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Hands-On Fundraising

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

If you’re a fundraiser, part of your calling is spreading gratitude. Does this sound like a familiar exchange? Thank you!” “No, No, thank YOU!” Saying thank you is an expected part of our social discourse. It smooths the way for simple – and more complex – conversations.

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Joe Garecht Fundraising

MARCH 1, 2025

The current administration is taking a hard look at federal government grants, freezing significant funding while seeking to cut back on government expenditures. But should this really be a surprise? If that warning fell on deaf ears, now is the time to build a new fundraising strategy that relies on less fickle support. It's part of the deal.

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RBW Strategy

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

You need to have a strong case statement and adequate responses to the narrative prompts in the application to ensure that you have justification for this funding. There needs to be a robust budget and budget justification that outlines how you will spend your funds, and that these funds comply with federal requirements.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MARCH 3, 2025

Federal grant funding: More competitive, not flexible It is true that the federal government does give hundreds of millions of dollars in grants every single year, and it is a large source of funding for organizations in America. However, federal grant funding is very hard to get.

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Clairification

MARCH 17, 2025

Reframing fundraising in this way can be your key to: (1) committing to major individual donor fundraising (helping people to be the people they’d like to see in the mirror), and (2 ) engaging more staff, volunteers and board members in this noble endeavor (so they experience not just the joy of giving, but the joy of helping others give).

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Joe Garecht Fundraising

MARCH 15, 2025

But when I dig deeper, I realize they are focusing on the wrong things. These fundraisers dont understand that, when it comes down to it, grant fundraising is all a numbers game. Fourth , you send a full proposal to any foundation that invites you to do so in response to your LOI. Fifth , you follow up on each proposal with more calls and emails.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The messages you send are more than fundraising appeals ; theyre opportunities to nurture relationships, share your story, and inspire action. In an age dominated by digital outreach, direct mail fundraising remains a powerful tool for nonprofits to connect with donors. Personalized outreach shows donors you care about their specific contributions.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

But, would it? Seth Godin thinks words matter. Thats just semantics Just? The meaning of the word is the reason we used the word. If we dont agree about the meaning of the word, we havent communicated. Instead of, thats just semantics, it seems more productive to say, Im confident we have a semantics problem. Because thats all of it. Especially.

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Candid

MARCH 17, 2025

This includes countering polarization, combating hate, encouraging racial healing, advancing equity, and fostering an inclusive democracy. We know that for this work to continue, more organizations need to know how to implement it. Here are three takeaways from the case studies in our latest report to help you engage in bridging divides.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JANUARY 24, 2025

Even if you know that the potential funding could be enormous for your organization, the process of dealing with so many details can be tedious, time-consuming, and disheartening. Many organizations may find themselves starting grant applications but never completing them because of the time it takes to do so. What attachments will we need?

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