The 10 Necessary Steps Before Launching Your Fundraising Plan
Here are just a few of the many questions to consider before you hire a fundraising consultant: Who are we? Are we clear on our vision and mission? What do we do? Why do we do it? (This should be more than a description of programs.) Are our revenue streams aligned with our intended impact?…
Get Ready, Get Set: Starting Down the Road to Self-Financing
Get Ready, Get Set is a NESsT publication designed to help the staff and board of a nonprofit organization consider their options for self-financing.This is a beginner-level handbook that helps you decide whether (and how) starting up or expanding a social enterprise can help your organization reach its financial and mission goals. Get Ready, Get Set…
UnderDeveloped: A National Study of Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising
A national study reveals that nonprofit organizations are stuck in a vicious cycle that threatens their ability to raise the resources they need to succeed. A joint project of CompassPoint and the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the study found high levels of turnover and lengthy vacancies in development director positions throughout the sector….
The Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT)
The Grassroots Institute for Fundraising (GIFT) promotes the connection between fundraising, social justice, and movement-building. GIFT provides training, resources, and analysis to strengthen organizations, with an emphasis on those focused on social justice and based in communities of color. GIFT was started in 1996 by the Center for Third World Organizing and the Southern Empowerment…