What tools should you have in your toolbox for a monthly giving campaign?
In times of great political and economic upheaval, we need to look at multiple streams of income that can help us weather the storm. Some of our income streams from the government are going away, from healthcare to environmental funding, from arts funding to education funding. Even Meals on Wheels is facing decreased funding. Monthly […]
Interview with Ellen Bristol-What Now?
Ellen Bristol, author of The Leaky Bucket and Fundraising the SMART Way, shares in this 30 minute interview, WHY you’re not succeeding in fundraising and what to do with it. Imagine if you had more donor, sponsor, and grant opportunities than you knew what to do with! This is Fundraising the SMART Way! Why should […]
Interview with Erica Waasdorp-New Funding Realities
Last week I was lucky enough to interview Erica Waasdorp, author of Monthly Giving, the Sleeping Giant, and a forthcoming book, Monthly Giving Made Easy. Erica will be speaking at the Nonprofit Leadership Summit in September about how you can make the most of monthly gifts during the economic and political uncertainty. I’ve previously interviewed […]
Supercharge your Monthly Giving Interview with Kenita Pierce-Lewis
Mazarine Treyz: Hey, everybody. Welcome. This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising and today I am so proud and pleased to be interviewing Kenita Pierce-Lewis, the founder and the CEO of Hope, INC. That’s www.hopbe.org. Helping Other People Be Empowered. They are in the greater Atlanta, Georgia area. I have watched Hope, INC over […]
How to lose a donor in 90 days
Here’s the scenario. I was a monthly donor to this nonprofit for years. I was also giving free (and paid) but mostly free advice to the ED. I hadn’t heard from the Executive Director personally in awhile (though I had gotten the nonprofit’s enewsletters). I got solicited by another nonprofit, so I decided to stop […]
3 Steps to set up your monthly giving campaign
Mazarine Treyz: Erica Waasdorp, you’re an ambassador for the IFC. So you know about fundraising in other countries, not just the U.S. I’ve heard that the U.S. is far behind other countries in getting people to give monthly. Why do you think this is? (Read the number one predictor of success in monthly giving here) […]