Tag: Donors
Nonprofits
How Nonprofits Get Really Big
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
What nonprofits and donors can learn from the closing of a venture philanthropy firm.
Nonprofits
Fishing for Donations
Why nonprofits should let donors give back their fundraising incentives.
Social Innovations
Marketing to Donors
Three take-away tips on nonprofit fundraising from maketing guru Seth Godin.
Individual Giving
Rolls-Royce Radicals
Responsible Wealth, a Boston-based nonprofit, is convincing many affluent Americans to challenge the very rules that made them rich.
Podcast
Organizational Development
Gerald Richards and Dee Dee Nguyen - Diversity in Fundraising
Shifting demographics among donors, fundraisers, and the communities they serve call on nonprofit organizations to think about diversity on many levels. How can you connect with donors who are different from you? How does inclusiveness strengthen your organization? In this audio lecture, gerald Richards and Dee Dee Nguyen explore these questions at the 2007 Nonprofit Boot Camp, reflecting on how to reach across the divides of ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation and other differences to strengthen bonds and create new opportunities.