by Lauren Brownstein | Dec 9, 2022 | Fundraising, Inspiration, Nonprofit
As I write this post during the final few weeks of the calendar year, my thoughts turn to evaluation. This is a time of year when many organizations evaluate their fundraising success. It can also be a time to evaluate program success, board and staff success, and...
by Lauren Brownstein | Oct 27, 2022 | Fundraising, Nonprofit
The year-end fundraising season is ramping up. Giving Tuesday is at the end of November. The biggest donation week of the year is the last week in December. There are emails to draft, donor and prospect lists to pull, paper mailings to design and print, text to...
by Lauren Brownstein | Jul 7, 2022 | Fundraising, grants, Nonprofit
Prospect Research (a.k.a. researching prospective donors) is a popular fundraising topic that can be fraught with questions: Is it really OK for me to look up and share information about a potential donor? With whom should that information be shared? With whom should...
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 | Feb 3, 2022 | Inspiration, Nonprofit
Organizations tend to spend a lot of time creating (or refining) their mission statements… only to forget about them. In the midst of changes, crises, and emerging opportunities, a mission statement can sometimes seem like just an exercise in semantics. But,...
