Wild Woman Fundraising

We have another fabulous guest post by Lisa Kelly Zuba. Thank you so much for contributing today! Lisa Kelly Zuba is a Major Gifts fundraiser with a Masters in Philanthropy, and owner of BiZZantik, a nonprofit consulting firm. Have you ever thought that it’s better to do something to acknowledge your major gift donors, rather [...]

Lisa Kelly Zuba is a smart, funny Major Gifts fundraiser and owner of BiZZantik, a nonprofit consulting firm. I asked her to write a series of posts about major gifts. Today, we have the second one! Thank you Lisa! How To Speak Your Donor’s Language? Start from where you are.   Now that you know [...]

I recently got an email from a reader asking me how I would fundraise for a think tank in a country that does not have the best history of democracy or political discourse. This is my response. —————————————————————– Thanks for writing! As far as I know, usually American think tanks are funded by a few [...]

Dear Mazarine,

Raising and managing millions annually through grants, but most of it is restricted to specific projects and we do want to increase our unrestricted/general operating funds (doesn’t everyone?) What would you suggest?”

If you’re fundraising for a small nonprofit, you have probably tried, over and over and over again, begging, cajoling, pleading with your board to fundraise. It’s probably causing you no small amount of frustration that they won’t do it.

So exciting! Today at 11:30am EST, 10:30AM CST, and 8:30AM PST, I’m going to be a guest on The Michael Chatman Giving Show, We’ll be on http://MichaelChatman.com talking about philanthropy, major gifts, fundraising, my new book, volunteerism, and more! Listen in by going to http://michaelchatman.com Who is Michael Chatman? “Voted America’s Maverick Philanthropist and one [...]

This is part three in a series of ten on how to make major gift asks. To read part one, Starting your Major Gifts Program, go here. To read part two, Who is a major donor, go here. After you’ve researched your prospect, through combing your database, or through looking at annual reports of other, [...]

This is part two in a series of ten on major gifts for your nonprofit. To read part one, go here! What are major gifts? Gifts that make a significant difference for your organization. Why pursue leadership or major gifts? Because this is the way you can get money in the shortest amount of time [...]