Last Thursday, February 12th, 2009, people in over 200 cities around the world hosted events to raise money for charity: water.  This non profit organization brings clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries. Many of the events were small networking parties, bringing together people who normally only correspond via the web, specifically the […]

Dear Ms. Sims, We just finished our second annual fund-raiser to benefit our medical/dental pediatric patients at Medical College of Georgia Children’s Medical Center in Augusta, GA. I am writing to you because your newsletter has been an invaluable tool to teach me how to be more successful in raising funds for this effort. I […]

At the beginning of December last year Sandy Rees and I released the ebook titled 7 Essential Steps to Raising Money by Mail.   Even though the printed version was not ready then we wanted to get this information out to groups who were finishing up a year-end appeal.  There was an ebook only option, but […]

Grants are not my area of expertise, but I do like to be familiar with the basics. One of those basics of course is that there are many more requests out there than actual grants available. 80% of donations to non-profits come from individuals not foundations or corporations. Which are two reasons I’d rather focus […]

How will Obama’s Presidency impact nonprofits and the people they serve?  Only time will tell.  This story though starts this new era on a high note. Earl Stafford, businessman and philanthropist from Virginia, helped hundreds of “ordinary people” be a part of the history making events in Washington DC this week.  The People’s Inaugural Project, […]

Are you on Facebook?  I’ve enjoyed connecting and re-connecting with friends on Facebook.  (More about that in a future post).  One of the features of Facebook is the “fan page.”  There’s fan pages for just about everything, music TV movies and various types of companies.  On my personal Facebook page I have become of fan […]

Are you ready for success in your nonprofit work this year? If you don’t already have a plan in place for 2009 now is the time to do so. I would encourage you to put all of the major events, fundraisers, program related events on the year long calendar now. How about getting a wall […]