by Lauren Brownstein | Dec 8, 2021 | Nonprofit
I’ve created a free LinkedIn group to help nonprofit fundraising professionals attend to their own wellness and well-being. Please check it out here! Nonprofit organizations need their fundraising professionals to perform at peak levels, to inspire others, to...
by Lauren Brownstein | Dec 1, 2021 | Nonprofit
What is a Devil’s Advocate? Cambridge dictionary tells us that a Devil’s Advocate is: Someone who pretends, in an argument or discussion, to be against an idea or plan that a lot of people support, in order to make people discuss and consider it in more...
by Lauren Brownstein | Sep 9, 2021 | grants, Nonprofit, Writing
The process of writing grant proposals, fundraising letters, case statements, or other documents that describe your nonprofit can be about so much more than fundraising. Finding the right words to say what you do, how you do it, and why it matters will help your...
by Lauren Brownstein | Aug 13, 2021 | Fundraising, grants, Nonprofit
You’ve been working on a grant proposal for (what seems like) ages. You’ve dotted all the i’s and crossed all the t’s. You’ve reviewed it over and over again. The submission deadline is coming at you like a freight train. Are you SURE you...
by Lauren Brownstein | Jun 3, 2021 | Fundraising, Nonprofit
In most of the US, life is slowly, SLOWLY, creeping back towards some sense of normalcy. At the beginning of summer 2021, COVID-19 and its ravenous impacts still are with us, but many people, companies, and organizations are re-initiating travel, in-person gatherings,...
by Lauren Brownstein | Apr 7, 2021 | Fundraising, grants, Nonprofit
Grant Proposals are Like Baseball – You Won’t Hit A Home Run Every Time After nearly 30 years in the fundraising profession, most of them in foundation relations (grant proposal writing, prospect research, etc.), I couldn’t even begin to calculate...
