Fundraising is not magic. It’s method. There is a unique system for building a great fundraising pitch that just about anyone can learn. It’s what we teach in our workshops. It’s called the Pitch Path.

Suddenly the remote office has become a matter of survival, rather than preference. Most companies have dabbled with it, but that’s an entirely different matter than going all-remote. If your organization is scrambling a bit to get everyone set up to work from home for the next few weeks…or months, you’re not alone.

Years ago, I was giving a presentation to a small group of donors. My typical talk consisted of a long slide deck with lots of numbers I thought communicated I knew what I was doing. Unfortunately, my impressive overload of information didn't actually work. In that meeting, one donor literally began to nod off right in front of me.

Turning down a large donation from a donor ready to open their checkbook may sound absurd. The mission of your organization depends on generous gifts, so a fundraiser would have to be crazy to say no to a significant donation...right?

People in fundraising often joke about raising money "to keep the lights on," but for one of our workshop students, that was reality.

There’s a lot of fundraising advice floating around out there. Figuring out what advice to take and what to ignore can seem exhausting.

We make growing a nonprofit a lot more complicated than it needs to be. We feel like we have to do everything. The key to growing your nonprofit is as easy as 1-2-3.

Do you remember the ice bucket challenge that went viral on social media in 2014? Over 17 million people participated and more than $113 million in donations collected from the campaign - a tremendous success by any standard. But the effect didn’t last. Almost all of the ice bucket challenge givers were single gift donors.

Back in 2017, Tristan Starbird was an eager Executive Director of Fair Haven Camps in Maine, a non-profit that provides enriching summer camp programs for children in New England. Tristan was dedicated and incredibly passionate about his nonprofit.