by Lauren Brownstein | Apr 21, 2017 | Fundraising, Nonprofit, Writing
Over spring break, my daughter and I visited the Tenement Museum in New York City’s Lower East Side. This inventive museum, housed in a tenement apartment building that housed more than 7,000 working class immigrants over many decades, tells the story of America’s...
by Lauren Brownstein | Mar 29, 2017 | Nonprofit, Philanthropy, Writing
I recently attended a wonderful conference sponsored by The Barker Foundation for Adoption. Their annual Adoption and Foster Care Conference features all sorts of resources, ideas, and inspiration for foster parents and adoptive parents, as well as the people who work...
by Lauren Brownstein | Jan 9, 2017 | Fundraising, Writing
As we embark upon a new year, now can be an especially meaningful time to check in with your organization’s past donors. Why now? You might have sent a year-end solicitation or holiday card at the end of 2016. You, and everyone else out there. The end of the year can...
by Lauren Brownstein | Aug 26, 2016 | Fundraising, Uncategorized, Writing
An October 2015 opinion piece in the Chronicle of Philanthropy noted that 72% of US charitable foundations do not accept unsolicited grant proposals, a significant increase from just four years ago, when that number was 60% (“Let’s Require All Big Foundations to Let...
