You may have heard of the three R’s of education – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. Today we’ll look at what I call the “Three R’s” of Fundraising Letters and hear from one non profit who implements all three of these ideas. […]

What would happen if you could take the benefits of instant bidding and excitement of online auctions like eBay and apply them to a live event? That’s exactly what the wireless keypads from IML do. The portability of the devices mean that attendees can make bids on auction items from anywhere at the event.  They […]

New Hampshire’s Community Action Program has seen the pantry use rise dramatically, up 50% compared to the numbers of people who typically use the pantries. This is a story that’s being played out all over the country. Food banks, other nonprofits, corporations and communities are stepping up to fill the need.  Here are some stories […]

I’ve been writing the Step By Step Fundraising Monthly Newsletter nearly since starting the site in November 2003. For many subscribers, a monthly schedule works out pretty well. The once monthly email includes timely announcements and feature articles. However if you’d like to get more frequent notices of when new content is added to this […]

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 […]

In the first part of this series, we took a look at ways that the Barack Obama campaign for President was able to launch the most ambitious political fundraising campaign in history. We then illustrated how small non-profits can emulate these strategies in their own particular environments. In this segment, I’d like to write about […]