Nonprofits

The Secret to Branding

By Jeff Brooks

Branding is about the donor, not the organization.

Nonprofits

Passive-Agressive Fundraising: Just Stop It!

By Jeff Brooks

Why you should get honest with your donors.

Nonprofits

How Nonprofits Get Really Big

By William Foster & Gail Fine 21

Since 1970, more than 200,000 nonprofits have opened in the U.S., but only 144 have reached $50 million in annual revenue. They got big by doing two things: They raised the bulk of their money from a single type of funder. And just as importantly, these nonprofits created professional organizations that were tailored to the needs of their primary funding sources.

Nonprofits

Profiting From Failure

By Paul Shoemaker

What nonprofits and donors can learn from the closing of a venture philanthropy firm.

Nonprofits

Fishing for Donations

By Alana Conner Snibbe

Why nonprofits should let donors give back their fundraising incentives.

Social Innovations

Old Man Eating

By Jeff Brooks 2

On the frustrating photo that works in fundraising.

Social Innovations

Sarcasm and Sex in Fundraising

By Jeff Brooks

How not to motivate donors.

Nonprofits

Surge or Rage? Guns or Butter?

By Mark Rosenman 6

Nonprofits in a time of war.

Social Innovations

Marketing to Donors

By Perla Ni 17

Three take-away tips on nonprofit fundraising from maketing guru Seth Godin.

Individual Giving

Rolls-Royce Radicals

By Sandra Rothenberg & Maureen Scully

Responsible Wealth, a Boston-based nonprofit, is convincing many affluent Americans to challenge the very rules that made them rich.