by Tony Poderis | May 11, 2007 | Fundraising Readiness |
What Do You Know About Your Donors and What Do They Know About Your Organization? If we’re going to ask people for money, it sure helps if they think highly of both our organization and its mission. Do they see our mission as vital and valid? Are we perceived as...
by Joyce Braun Poderis | Apr 12, 2007 | Development Team, Fundraising Policies & Practices |
Wearing Those Development and Marketing “Hats” at the Same Time: A Bad Fit and a Headache Introduction For decades, I have heard about, observed, and have had personal relationships with scores of individuals who attempted to wear the Development and...
by Tony Poderis | Mar 5, 2007 | Campaign Planning, Funding Sources & Donors |
Challenge Grants Can Multiply Your Success Challenge grants are indeed challenging to fulfill, and once secured, they are unusually rewarding opportunities for non-profit organizations to greatly energize and enhance their fund-raising campaigns. They can...
by Tony Poderis | Mar 5, 2007 | Funding Sources & Donors |
A number of resources provide listings of companies having gift programs that match contributions made by their employees to non-profit organizations. According to the grantor’s guidelines, such matching funds could be general in nature for support of almost any...
by Tony Poderis | Oct 25, 2005 | Development Team |
Non-profits with resources sufficient to engage professionals in key staff positions seem to find it relatively easy to determine salaries for heads of marketing, finance, and human resources, among others. Development directors however are another story. Why is that?...