Arielle Randle knows a thing or two about communicating in and through a crisis. Like so many nonprofit leaders, she cut her teeth on crisis response communications and fundraising during the...
Proven, effective, repeatable ways to improve donor retention
Fundraising pro tip: If you're searching for "innovative/outside-the-box" ways to increase donor retention and engagement, STOP. In our constant search for new and different (our brains are wired to want...
A Better Way to Fundraise
"I'm tired of chasing our donors for donations and feeling like all we ever do is ask, ask, ask.""Our donor retention rates are SO low. I hate that we spend...
The Nonprofit Generosity Crisis
Left unchecked, philanthropy as we know it today will cease to exist within the next 50 years.That's the bold claim and cautionary tale that my good friends Brian Crimmins, CEO...
Increasing Mission Impact
This episode of The Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast is a little different, but no less insightful (I hope!).Instead of interviewing another leader in the nonprofit sector, I invited my friend Julie...
How one charity achieves 98% retention
Erika Carley is Senior Director of Operations at Chive Charities. She caught my attention several months ago when she shared on LinkedIn that her nonprofit organization achieves 98% month-over-month donor...
Farming and Fundraising
Over my 25-year fundraising career I've often heard it said, "fundraising is like farming -- you plant the seed, allow time to take hold, and then eventually reap the harvest."But...
Nonprofit F-Words
If you've spent any time at all in the nonprofit sector, you know there are some subjects that are taboo. Some subjects that are difficult to discuss in public spaces,...
Nonprofit CEO’s are Crucial to Fundraising Success
"I don't beg for money. That's why I hired a Vice President of Development." - Anonymous Nonprofit CEOOn assignment several years ago I was working with a demanding nonprofit CEO. Prior...
Overflow(ing) with Generosity
What does a Bay Area pastor know about nonprofits and charitable giving? Turns out he knows quite a lot. At least if that guy is Vance Roush. Vance is Founder of Overflow.co, a platform created...