Your donors deserve to be treated more than a walking checkbook! Get ready to take down notes as we talk about the key to being fully funded this year: learning how to value your donors and funders.

#GivingTuesday is one of the biggest philanthropic events where you can potentially raise a significant amount of funds for your nonprofit. It's never too early to prepare your #GivingTuesday campaign! This comprehensive training details how you can prepare as early as now for your #GivingTuesday campaign next year.

Why do you want to start a community-based organization? In this episode, we'll discuss the importance of your drive, motivation, and reason for starting a nonprofit.

Let's deep dive into the process of starting a nonprofit with a strategy and a plan to be fully funded. In this episode, we'll walk you through the basics of securing resources to deliver your programs and achieve your organizational goals.

It's easy to come up with the idea of starting a nonprofit. You've got the passion for helping people, but do you have what it takes to sustain and fully fund your organization? In this episode, I'll discuss the most important things to keep in mind—and put into action—when starting your nonprofit.

In today's economic climate it is important for nonprofit organizations to have the right plans and strategies to continue to raise money for their programs and organizations. Today I am sharing some strategies that nonprofits should implement right away if you are looking to avoid having to reduce program or organizational plans the remainder of the year.    

Starting a nonprofit is NOT just filing your From 1023. It is SO MUCH MORE to do when you are starting your nonprofit.  Listen to this and make sure you are starting your nonprofit the right way.

Donor cultivation is the most underappreciated and misunderstood part of the fundraising funnel.  Of the four primary components of the fundraising lifecycle (prospecting, cultivation, asking, and stewardship), it is cultivation that most often trips up most fundraising efforts. For most nonprofits, there is no real clue of what “donor cultivation” really means.  Cultivation is everything that happens between the time you identify a person as a prospect for your organization until the time you make the first ask.  Cultivation is the process of building a relationship with your prospect, communicating with them, and ultimately moving them down the road towards that ask. Donor cultivation is basically building a relationship with a prospect. You don't simply call someone up and ask for $10,000 at the end of the conversation. You have to get to know the donor, and the donor has to get to know you and your nonprofit. Today I am going to break down how to do this quickly, effectively and successfully. 

Nonprofit grant writing is a vital part of any smart and healthy fundraising strategy. However, before we jump into the fine details of successfully writing grant proposals, let’s review exactly what it is.  During this discussion, you will learn what grant writing is;  the process of applying for funding provided by a private, corporate, or government grant-maker; and what goes into consideration of who gets funding.  Also, I will be answering questions and sharing how brand new organizations position themselves to get grant funding. 

Remember that fundraising is simply inviting people to be supportive of your nonprofit organization. You do that through personal contact and by educating and involving them. The following are truths you should incorporate into whatever fundraising you do: People give to people and because of people. People who don’t know you or your organization probably will not give. People that are connected to your cause, and are concerned about the problem that you are solving, are more likely to give more quickly when asked The best time to ask for a gift is after you have had a chance to inform and educate a prospective donor. Listen as I share several more fundraising basics to help you successfully raise money for your programs and operations.