by Lauren Brownstein | Mar 30, 2022 | Fundraising, grants, Nonprofit
I’m hoping that this will be the first in an ongoing series of posts that pulls back the curtain on what nonprofits wish they could say to their major funders, including foundations. I invite other consultants and people who work closely with nonprofits to chime...
by Lauren Brownstein | Mar 3, 2022 | donation, Fundraising, Nonprofit
Your organization can search high and low for new donors… but the new donors you seek might be hiding in plain sight. There are plenty of places to find “new” (or, not-so-new) donors to your nonprofit’s annual campaign **: LYBUNTS and SYBUNTS:...
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 | Oct 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
** Actually, the night I worked as an extra on a film set, but why quibble over the details? This week, I had the opportunity to check an item off my “bucket list”: I worked as an extra for a film that was shooting in downtown DC! Actually, it’s a...
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...