10 Quick Tips for Nonprofit Fundraising

Daniel KimballProduct Specialist at Aplos Software

DanielKimballDanKimballisaseasonedfundraiserwithtwentyyearsofexperienceinstrategicfunddevelopmentandnonprofitmanagement.

He’scurrentlydevelopingAplos’DonorManagementPlaAormtohelpnonprofitsconnectwith(andculCvate!)theirdonorbase.

Hismantra:“FundraisingisarelaConshipbusiness.”

WhoDoIKnow?

SuccessfulfundraisingcostsliNleandreachesawideaudience.

Think:"Whocanhelpme?"

Maybeamemberofthefamilyworksinalargecompanywhichmightbewillingtosponsoryou?Afriendmightbeabletoprovideavenueforafundraisingevent?Buildideasaroundwhatyoualreadyhave.

KeepYourReasonsforVolunteeringinMind

ApassionatedesiretohelpwillbringindonaCons.

ProduceaLeaflet

Explainyourreasonsforvolunteeringandgivesomebackgroundontheproject.IncludetheleafletineveryfundraisingacCvity.

HaveaGoal

Knowhowmuchyouneedtoraise.

ForeveryfundraisingacCvity,assesshowmuchyouexpecttoraiseagainstwhatyouactuallydo.

Someideaswork,othersmightnot.

AskforSpecificDonaCons

Butdon'tstandbythem!

Askingforaspecificamountwillgiveyourdonorsabenchmark.

Ifyou’reaskingforsponsorship,itmaybeanideatogotoyourbiggestbenefactorfirst–peopleo^enfollowtheleader.

WriteWell-TargetedLeNers

Writetoindividuals.

Andindividualswithincompanies.

Askthemforsupport.

HoldanEvent

EventsaregreatwaystogetdonorstoparCcipateonseverallevels.

Think—aucCons!

Ataninvite-onlyCrabfeed!

AlwaysOfferSomethinginReturn

FirstandforemostapromptThankYouLeNertoeverysponsorwhomakesadonaCon.

Also,sendthemupdates,newsleNersorotherinformaConontheprojectonceit’sunderway.

Invitethemtothegroundbraking/opening/celebraCon…

PlanAhead

Toavoidyourmissiontargets…

UseYourTimeWisely

Fundraisers generally use as much time as they have to achieve their goals.

If you are on a tight deadline, you will just be working that bit harder!

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