by Tony Poderis | Apr 1, 2002 | Development Team |
Unrealistic Expectations, Pay Practices That Grantors Often See As Tainting The Funding Process, And Poor Planning And Follow Through, Can Doom The Best To Failure Some of the most heated discussion in the nonprofit world centers on grant writing. Why? Because so much...
by Tony Poderis | Nov 26, 2001 | Fund Raising Events, Funding Sources & Donors |
Should a special event be focused on making friends for an organization or bringing in money? On the one hand, every organization needs friends to help promote its mission and to be there for future fund-raising needs. But on the other, there are bills to be paid...
by Tony Poderis | Mar 1, 2001 | Annual Campaigns, Funding Sources & Donors, Small Gifts Campaigns |
Many non-profit organizations serve individuals who pay very little or who are unable to pay anything in the way of fees for the services they receive. They generally are in no position to give even the smallest donation to their organizations’ annual fund. In...
by Tony Poderis | Sep 1, 1999 | Development Team, Trustees & Volunteers |
Volunteers are the lifeblood of a development operation, and trustees are the most important volunteers of all. The trustees approve an organization’s budget and they must accept personal responsibility for raising called-for contributed income. They are...
by Tony Poderis | Jul 14, 1999 | Sponsorship & Underwriting Campaigns |
Sponsorships and underwriting are different labels for basically the same thing: funding donated for the support of a project, program, event, initiative, activity, or even a salary. In general, foundations are identified as underwriters and corporations as sponsors....