Learn how treating major donors like royal children can harm your nonprofit's fundraising success. Discover key strategies for building strong, balanced relationships with donors while maintaining respect and confidence.

Learn about our partnership with Frailty Myths, an inspiring nonprofit led by women, queer, & people of color (POC), all dedicated to empowering underrepresented communities & challenging oppressive narratives.

This blog debunks myths and explores why competitive salaries matter in the nonprofit sector.

Learn how to attract passionate donors and cultivate meaningful relationships for lasting impact with the top 10 insights from our recent training session with Vistage. Prioritize quality over quantity and shift your narrative to inspire transformative giving.

Discover crucial strategies for nonprofit success and delve into key insights, ranging from converting members into donors to maintaining a strategic balance for heightened fundraising efforts.

Boost fundraising success with the Natural Networks Excel Worksheet. Harness existing connections and accelerate your potential. Download the Free Tool and make a lasting impact for your cause.

Craft an impactful fundraising narrative with our Story Flowchart Tool. Use our Free Tool to help you tell your nonprofit's story with clarity and inspire donors to make a difference.

Unleash fundraising success with our Free Monthly Metrics Worksheet! Elevate goals, identify prospects, and achieve exceptional results. Get the download link here.

The wealth transfer from baby boomers to their adult children presents opportunities and challenges for nonprofits. Success hinges on donor-centric fundraising, strong relationships with parents, and engaging the younger generation in philanthropy.

This blog explores the transformative journey of AI from the internet's inception to the ChatGPT era. Read about the critical interplay between technology, creativity, and human oversight in generating impactful content tailored to nonprofit goals

Enhance your fundraising success with our Free Dynamic Gift Table! This powerful tool helps you fine-tune your goals, experiment with scenarios, and secure major contributions. Easily adjust gift levels, identify prospects, and create winning strategies. Don't miss out on this essential resource to unlock your fundraising potential.

Unlock fundraising success with our Free Top Prospect Report Tool! Identify key prospects, set action plans, and secure major donations. This dynamic spreadsheet adapts to your goals, tracking next steps efficiently. Download now and unleash your fundraising potential! Don't miss this opportunity to transform your game.

Nonprofit fundraising metrics are key for measuring the effectiveness of your fundraising efforts, but they can be a little tricky to get started with. Use this short guide to select your own fundraising metrics, develop a strong habit of tracking them, and then, put them into action so that you can move your mission forward.

In this blog, Peter Heller interviews a selection of nonprofit consultants from the Heller Fundraising Group. How do fundraising clients transform and benefit from working with us? Read more to find out!

Our consultant, Gary Friedmann, has helped dozens of nonprofits raise over $60 million over the last 30 years. In this blog, he provides expert fundraising advice and top tips for nonprofit organizations worldwide.

The most philanthropic months of the year see many organizations making mass appeals at full speed by email, social media, letters, and every other method of petitioning. Major individual donors are often overwhelmed or under-stewarded, and it is difficult to cut through the seasonal commotion. So, how do you stand out?

Our consultant, Lisa Mantone, provides expert fundraising advice, top tips for individual giving, capital campaigns, feasibility studies and endowment campaigns in this informative Q&A blog.

Peter Heller and fundraising consultants with The Heller Fundraising Group share their expert advice and top 5 tips for nonprofits everywhere.

Our team of expert fundraising consultants provide advice, top tips for individual giving, capital campaigns, feasibility studies and endowment campaigns in this informative Q&A blog.

AlliesInAction.com interviews Peter Heller about his views on the ways to improve the world through allyship and supporting nonprofits everywhere for a just world.

Should you use your own emotional insights to raise funds for your nonprofit? Our guest blogger & mental health expert, Dr. Abishek Allam, shares marketing examples & his expert insights on why emotions are important to include in your nonprofit fundraising campaigns.

Guest blogger, Kenneth Cerini, explains a multistep process to help nonprofit organizations measure and report on their social impact. How well does your organization address a social issue or cause? There are 6 key steps that can you can use to help measure your nonprofit’s contribution to the overall wellbeing of society.

Is being loved by your donors a good thing? Are you dancing around the true work of a development office? Feel free to get to know your donors well, get close to them, even dance if appropriate, but don’t forget that your main job is to ask for substantial support.

if you are a fundraiser, don’t waste precious time gabbing on about your accomplishments with your donors and prospects. Your job is to double down on listening. I learned this lesson the hard way. Here’s what happened….

Why should you hire a fundraising consultant? - To help you break through barriers to raise a lot more money! The Heller Fundraising Group consistently guides its clients to raise more money than ever before. The secret to our success; combining our philosophy and our expert practical strategy and tactics.

Quotes can be simple reminders to us all of the importance of giving, fundraising, volunteering, appreciation, wealth, stewardship, gratitude, and our favorite, keeping an abundance mindset. Whether you’re working on a capital campaign, feasibility study, major gift program, organizing volunteers, or planning a fundraising event, we hope these quotes will help you stay aligned with your vision for a better world.

Take advantage of Betsy Steward’s expertise and enjoy three short instructional videos: How to Write Thank You Notes to Major Donors, How to Email Major Donors, and How to Write Proposal Letters.

How the SUNY New Paltz fundraising development team completed and surpassed their first-ever comprehensive campaign goal…during a pandemic.

Fundraising professionals don’t have magical powers! Successful ones have a deep understanding of best practices, they are disciplined and organized, and above all, they work really hard. But what exactly do they do? And why should you hire one? Read on to learn why your nonprofit needs a professional development staff member.

Spock and Kirk brilliantly sum up how to best think about your fundraising gala guests. Are nonprofit donor VIPs more important than the rest of us? Yes and no. Here’s why...