How many small nonprofits best fundraise during good times and bad? Learn more from Bobbie Donahue, veteran fundraiser and faculty member at The Fund Raising School. Bill Stanczykiewicz (BS): if you’re a nonprofit that has a budget of less than $1,000,000, you’re not small. You’re actually typical, and there are specific fundraising techniques that you… Read more »
How can gaming contribute to philanthropy, and why is digital fundraising so important? We previously featured a blog post from undergraduate student Tori Hawkins about how gaming livestreams can benefit charities, but what are other ways that gamers can help raise funds for charity, and what can fundraisers learn? Deanna Kerns, associate director of corporate… Read more »
By Kelly R. Young Amid all the other ways that COVID-19 is affecting the fundraising landscape—donors losing jobs, cancellation of major fundraising events, etc.—how does a recession impact fundraisers and philanthropy? How is COVID-19 impacting the fundraising landscape overall? What should fundraisers do in the midst of a global pandemic? To help answer these questions,… Read more »
Fundraising. A word that means to raise funds. Sounds simple enough, right? As many of you are probably aware, it’s not. As Dr. Gene Tempel, dean emeritus of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and president emeritus of IU Foundation, said, “fundraising is the difficult art of engagement.” It’s time-intensive, not easy, and often misunderstood… Read more »
By Kristi Howard-Shultz I recently took the online course Capital Campaigns: What do I do now? The title alone was intriguing. It’s something, as a professional fundraiser, I’m asking myself every day and you may be too! To answer this question, dean emeritus of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and long-time fundraiser Dr. Gene… Read more »