Why Should Donors Support Your Cause?

Why should donors support your cause?

5 Myths About Getting Corporate Sponsorship

5 Myths About Getting Corporate Sponsorship

How To Cut Costs At Your Next Fundraising Event

With the state of the economy, so many non profit organizations are looking for ways to produce fabulous special events on a shoestring budget. Here are a few tips:

How to cut costs at your next fundraising event: Secrets your vendors don't want you to know

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Here’s a round up of articles about non profit organizations that successfully reduced event costs while maintaining ambiance and raising net income:

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What are some of your cost saving ideas and tips?

On Finding Corporate Sponsorship: A Resource Roundup

Hoover’s Online- Public company profiles linked to current earnings updates, ticker symbols and additional Web searches

IEG - research database, advisory and ROI services

Careerbuilder- for corporate sponsorship prospect ideas, search area corporations—then find out if they are connected to your organization or volunteers

Seven Steps to Foundation and Corporate Giving- 7 good strategies that help ensure the success of your foundation and corporate giving programs


See our Blog post: Exploring the World of Corporate Giving

Join us for our Teleclass on Charity University- From Spam to Sponsored: Where Corporate Sponsorship Is and How Your Organization Can Get It, offered at Charity University on September 14, 2009, 10:30 a.m. PST

Fundraising in 2008: The Good and Bad News

Last month, Giving USA released their summary of giving for 2008. Because I'm an optimist, lets talk about the good news first:

Good News

2008 was the second highest fundraising year on record (2007 was the first)

Individuals, corporations and foundations still provided more than $307 billion

Foundation Giving Stayed Relatively stable

Analysts expected a significantly higher drop in fundraising


The Bad News

The $ 6.42 billion dollar change in giving from 2007-2008 is a decrease of 2% or -5.7% adjusted for inflation.

2008 marked fundraisings sharpest decline since 1974

Since foundations set their giving on a 5 year yield, we may see decreases in their financial support in the next few years

According to Charity Navigator, It will be quite some time before contributions pick up. Historical data shows that it took three years for giving to rebound after the recession in 1974


My Recommendations

Despite cutbacks, individuals gave $229.28 billion last year. Cultivate your individual donors, or consider starting your organizations individual donor campaign if you have not already done so.

Build and strengthen your relationships with all donors: individuals, corporations and foundations

Diversify your fundraising efforts. Create a strategic fundraising plan with a broad reach. Such a plan should target income from a variety of places, including individual donors, corporations, and foundations, as well as earned income from special events and the sale of products and services.

Remember that the best way to stop raising money is to stop asking for it!


Here's a breakdown of GAVE the money last year:





And Here's who Got the money last year:




Check out a few additional perspectives on the results:



Check out How much did Americans really give in 2008?



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Exploring the world of corporate sponsorship: potential benefiets to consider

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Exploring the world of corporate sponsorship: potential benefiets to consider

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8 Tips For Increasing the productivity of your non profit board

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8 Tips For Increasing the productivity of your non profit board

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