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Step by Step Fundraising is one of the most unique sites in our industry. We consider ourselves a complete fundraiser resource. What does that mean? We believe we offer a complete overview of fundraisers for non profits, schools and other groups. We've been writing about fundraiser ideas and concepts for more than 10 years.

We've authored 7 books on far reaching fundraising concepts from raffles to raising money by mail. Those books are available here on our website.

Recently we decided to start offering fundraising products in addition to our e books and blog. We are being extremely cautious to bring you only the best fundraiser ideas. There are lots of sites that offer every fundraising product known to man. We will only offer products that are tried and proven fundraisers. So we hope you will let us help the next time you plan to raise money.

Most Recent Articles

Nonprofits: Create “customer pathways” to build loyalty, by Gayle Thorseon

Posted on 14 October 2011

Gayle Thorsen (pictured at left) is back with another great article to share with us here at Step By Step Fundraising!  Over the past year, Gayle has been kind enough to share with us her recent articles from her blog ImpactMax.  Today she has one for us about time saving advice for those of us working […]

Seven Secrets to Great Nonprofit Leadership, by Pamela Grow

Posted on 11 October 2011

Author, coach, copy-writer, nonprofit marketing consultant and political junkie, Pamela is the author of “Five Days to Foundation Grants”  and  the creator of Simple Development Systems, the only online coaching program created for the overwhelmed fundraiser in the one-person marketing and development shop. Pam segued from six years working in programming and communications at a […]

4 Poor Excuses for Avoiding Social Media, by Maureen Carruthers

Posted on 10 October 2011

Once again, I’d like to welcome back Maureen Carruthers (pictured at left).  Maureen is a non-profit consultant, and the force behind the excellent blog “Low Hanging Fruit Communication” which covers many topics including social media for non-profits. Maureen’s goal is to help nonprofit leaders reach their right people more quickly so their organizations have a greater […]

What does your Board Treasurer do? by Gayle Gifford

Posted on 07 October 2011

Here is another great article from Gayle Gifford for Step By Step Fundraising- (pictured at left). Gayle brings over 30 years of experience to her work with nonprofits – from her personal activism for peace, disarmament, environmental, human and civil rights, to her professional work as a consultant and former director of development and senior […]

The #1 Thing Keeping You From What You Want, by Betsy Baker

Posted on 05 October 2011

I am very happy to post another article guest author Betsy Baker!  Besty is the President of  YourGrantAuthority.com. She has earned more than ten million dollars in grant funding and continues to be a grant writing consultant for nonprofits. She is best known for her plain-language instructional guidance and offers both ebook instruction and one-on-one coaching […]

4 Simple Steps to Asking Individuals for Donations, by Amy Eisenstein

Posted on 04 October 2011

Greetings!  Today, I have another terrific guest article to share with you.  This time, author of 50 Asks in 50 Weeks and certified fundraising consultant Amy Eisenstein, (pictured at left) has been kind enough to share one of her recent blog posts with us. If you’ve never visited Amy’s site, TriPointFundraising, I highly suggest that you take a […]

Wanna Sound Smart? Read These Articles!

Posted on 30 September 2011

Greetings!  Today I want to share with you a selection of articles I wrote this month on our sister blog- TopSchoolFundraisers.  While it’s true that the articles are written from the perspective of a school fundraiser, there are many general principles that apply to all kinds of non-profit organizations.  So, please don’ t be put […]

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