Would you like to share your expertise with thousands of other nonprofit leaders?  Publishing an article on Step by Step Fundraising will get your ideas out to the over 52,000 unique visitors that visit this site each month. Your unique experiences will be valuable to those who come to this site looking for fundraising information.

Step by Step Fundraising readers come from a wide variety of backgrounds.  Based on our annual surveys we know that about half of the readers are volunteer fundraisers and the rest are paid consultants or on staff at a nonprofit organization.  They work for a wide variety of causes: health related, animal welfare, environment, social services and many more.

Suggested Topics

Overall, our readers want practical ideas that they can act upon to improve their fundraising activities. It can be related to fundraising events, grants, relationship building, nonprofit marketing or cause specific interests.  The more how-to information is included, the better the article will be.  Articles published by Step by Step Fundraising are intended to be informative, inspirational and practical. Viewing the categories in the drop down menu above will give you more ideas for topics that will be relevant.

Success Stories

Articles that feature organizations that have been successful with a particular fundraiser are some of our most popular pages.  In addition to highlighting the success of the charity, it’s important that the article include concepts that readers can apply to their own work.

Here are some points to consider if you are writing an article that features a success story:

• How much advance planning went into the fundraiser?
• Were there upfront costs with this fundraiser? If so approximately how much and how did the group handle these expenses? (i.e. getting corporate sponsors to underwrite costs)
• What got people excited about participating in this fundraiser? What grabbed their attention most?
• What aspect of the fundraiser was most effective in raising funds and why?
• What advice would you have for someone who wanted to organize a similar fundraiser?

Additional Guidelines

Articles should be of at least 400 words; there is no maximum limit. We prefer articles that have not been published already on other websites.  Though we occasionally will make exceptions to that.  Always link back to source information if quotations are used. You may include relevant links within the body of the article (within reason).  Please include a short “about the author” or bio and link to your website so that can be included on your author page.

Content that we do not accept

Topics that are outside the category of nonprofit work will not be accepted.  We do not reprint press releases. Sending articles with many grammatical, spelling or factual errors reduces the likelihood that it will be published.

How to submit your article

Email us via the contact form and let us know what you’d like to write about and why you think it’s a good fit.  We’ll get back with you, usually within 48 hours, with a response.  If accepted you may send the article in Word format, or if you are comfortable with Wordpress we can provide further instructions on how to enter the article yourself.

Thanks for sharing your passion for fundraising for great causes!