Nonprofits
Five Steps Out of Stupid Fundraising
Make your fundraising more relevant to the new generation of donors.
Make your fundraising more relevant to the new generation of donors.
Giving is motivated by humans’ deeply held need to find meaning in life.
Foundation grantmaking can become more responsive, intuitive, and effective.
Don't assume your donors share your view of the world.
Ditch the statistics -- to fundraise more effectively use story.
In Britain, something is happening that hasn't for 100 years. More people are becoming incredibly wealthy, not only through inheritance, but also because of their own hard work. A phenomenon on this scale has not happened since the Victorian industrialists. In this audio lecture, Philosopher Charles Handy tells his 2007 Skoll World Forum audience about entrepreneurs who put their energies into meeting some perceived social need—something that government never gets around to and that private enterprise typically doesn't see a market for.
Why do we so rarely hear grantmakers or nonprofits arguing publicly about the best ways to achieve impact?