Philanthropic Fundraising

Questions you should be asking your capital campaign consultant. --- Hi, my name is Gudrun, and I want to get your nonprofit the largest gift it has ever secured. Follow me here for tips on capital campaigns.

Farrah Ferriell, Success Coach for Non-Profits and I have the pleasure of visiting our newest client partner, SUNY Geneseo in-person at their beautiful campus in upstate New York. We are confident that we will soon be celebrating the successful conclusion of #geneseorising capital campaign! Thank you to Ellen Leverich and team for hosting us and making us feel at home

Congratulations to our Philanthropic Fundraising client Boys and Girls Club of Washington County Addie Nardi on today’s beam signing! The new club is going to be spectacular 🤩

Why it's harder to run a nonprofit than a business: 🤯 Nonprofit "customers" and "clients" are different audiences with different needs. Your customer is NOT your client (the person receiving your services). Your customer is your donor. As a nonprofit, you are the conduit between your customer (donor) and your client (the recipient of your services) 🧐 Nonprofits whose main source of revenue is "earned income" (tuition/ticket sales/service fees) experience overlap between customers and clients, but for nonprofits who rely solely on fundraising, they are two different audiences 🤑 Nonprofit is a tax designation, not a business strategy. Just because you don't pay taxes doesn't mean you don't still need to make a profit. Nonprofits must set aside profits as reserves, or re-invest them in the mission 🤔 Nonprofits have even more financial pressures than business, thanks to their double bottom line of profit + mission Shoutout to our amazing clients Erin Lamb and Katie Collins-Ihrke who are navigating these very challenges, thereby achieving the near impossible

The business community needs the nonprofit community! Employees want to work for companies that value more than just the bottom line, so smart business leaders partner up with nonprofits to help them make a positive impact on the community. When approaching business executives, assume your nonprofit is bringing value to the table. When viewed as a win-win partnership, companies will be more likely to support your mission with a financial gift. Thanks to John Dinkel for this spot-on insight!

John Dinkel and I break down how to go from exchanging business cards all the way to making a gift request

Businesses are always looking to partner with #nonprofits but how do organizations form a partnership that will lead to a major gift? Business development strategist John Dinkel has excellent advice on this topic