Book Review: Campaign Craft
I’ve been learning more about political fundraising lately, to help a friend of mine run for office. So I thought I’d share a little bit of what I’m learning. As it turns out, political fundraising is a bit different than nonprofit fundraising. For one thing, they use different terminology. Theme They talk about having a […]
Successful crowdfunding for poetry and the arts
Hello and welcome! This interview is part of our series with wild woman fundraisers on how to do a more successful crowdfunding campaign for your nonprofit. Today we are chatting with poet and managing director of Kundiman, Cathy Linh Che. Ms Che and her committee raised over $11,600 with crowdfunding on Indiegogo in 2013. [raw] […]
90 donors in 30 days
I just finished a crowd funding campaign for the Pokey the Penguin comic in December. We got 90 donors in 30 days! I never thought we would get more than $500. But then, I have very low expectations in general when it comes to fundraising. I encourage my friends to have low expectations too. It […]
Do you want to send the best year end emails ever?
Are you writing your year end fundraising emails right now? Are you wondering how to get more out of your year end fundraising emails? If so, consider what you could lose. This chart is from Blackbaud’s 2014 giving report, and as you can see, every single kind of nonprofit raises the majority of their online […]
Fundraising How-To-A new twist on the thank you note
So I’m doing this crowdfunding fundraising campaign and WHEW what a ride it’s been! It ends on December 3rd so go check out our progress! 🙂 I’ve already written about the crowdfunding campaign earlier in November, but here we are-what else can we learn from this Indiegogo campaign? Well, how do you thank online donors, […]
My First Exprience with Indiegogo-Pokey the Penguin Fundraising
If this is your first time here, WELCOME! This blog is all about fundraising, HOW TO DO IT! And so today I’m sharing my fundraising journey with a new tool for me, IndieGogo! What is it like? It’s hard to describe, but it’s kind of like the sound of raspberries tastes! Why am I running […]