Donor Segmentation
Tips for Segmenting Donors and Tailoring Your Outreach — to Raise More
Getting this right takes good donor data, a smart strategy, and time. But the most important thing is to try, experts say.
Fundraising
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A Donor's PerspectiveHow to Avoid Turf Wars When Raising Money From Wealthy Families
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Prospect Research
10 Steps to Find and Prioritize Prospective Donors in a Volatile Economy
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Executive Leadership
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
How to Move DEI Strategy From Paper to Practice
Careers
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Management and Leadership
How to Run a Virtual Office, From Leaders Who Have Done It for Years
Communications
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All Advice
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Grant Making
4 Ways Foundations Can Help Strengthen Nonprofits
Here’s how one grant maker helps nonprofits build organizational capacity — and how your foundation can, too. -
Fundraising in Tough Times
Monthly Giving Can Help Nonprofits Weather Economic Uncertainty. Here’s How to Do It Well.
Longtime monthly donors have shown they really care about an organization’s mission. Experts say groups shouldn’t be afraid to ask them for additional gifts. -
Donor-Advised Funds
8 Proven Ways to Engage Wealth Advisers — and Raise More From DAFs
What works — and what doesn’t — when building ties with financial professionals to attract DAF gifts. -
Advice
People Give Less After Daylight Saving Time Switch
After losing an hour of sleep, people are less inclined to help others, research has found. -
Donor Relations
Tips for Creating a Successful Young Professionals Program
Young professionals may not have a lot of money to donate, but they can offer their time, energy, and ideas. Here’s how several nonprofits in India get young people involved in their work. -
Mental Health
How Leaders Can Help Fundraisers Avoid Burnout
Nonprofit managers should check in with fundraisers early and often and show appreciation for their achievements. -
Management and Leadership
How Fundraisers Can Get Off the Road to Exhaustion and Burnout
Unfamiliarity with the physical signs of stress and burnout can prevent fundraisers from taking the breaks they need to recover. -
Advice
5 Ways Foundations Should Help Grantees in Uncertain Economy
Grant makers should act now by releasing more money, being flexible, and supporting nonprofit workers, among other steps. -
Major-Gift Fundraising
How One University Used Data to Eliminate ‘Zombie Proposals’ and Improve Big-Gift Fundraising
Among the insights: The longer it took to close a proposal, the less chance for its success, but other factors played a role, too. -
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
How to Advance Racial Equity: One Foundation Shares Lessons
The staff and board of the James Irvine Foundation participated in 18 months of training to embed racial equity into their programs, operations, and grant making.
