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.

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

We’ve all done something – given in just enough – to get someone to stop doing something – to stop “bugging us” about something and go away. Perhaps it’s the dog begging for human food – you might toss fido just a bit, to get him to go away. Or your child begs for another hour on the swings – you might give her 10 more minutes, just to stop the badgering. And you might give a “go-away gift.” A gift that is just enough to get the solicitor to go away. That is a transactional gift.

You can’t keep a good project down. Despite the pandemic, Ossining Children’s Center has continued to hit exciting milestones in their Capital Campaign.

I’m so pleased to share good news from two of the Heller Fundraising Group’s capital campaign clients! Both are considered essential services, so construction on their projects has continued throughout the quarantine and both are on schedule to open their doors as originally planned.

Virtual events for nonprofit organizations have become the new success story during the Covid pandemic. Learn more about the best practices on raising money and attracting attention to your cause virtually.

No one knows for sure what will happen this year. I sincerely hope we don’t experience a repeat of 2008-2009. Not only was my fundraising job extremely stressful, but my husband got laid off in October 2008 as well. So, yeah, I’m not excited about doing THAT again. That said, I thought this might be a good time to share my experience of raising funds during that awful time known as “The Great Recession.”

What did Leo Tolstoy know about fundraising? Find out what his classic novel has to say regarding a universal truth about needing to get your people and systems in alignment.

What can you do to avoid capital campaign pitfalls that will derail or weaken your work? This article describes the most common mistakes and offers simple solutions.