Your mission deserves to be funded, and that’s often easier said than done for BIPOC-led organizations. Time to shake up the unspoken rules and implement these clear strategies for leaders of color to fundraise successfully anyway.

Fundraising can feel challenging for many boards. Brian Saber provides actionable insights on how to identify and embrace your board’s unique asking styles to optimize fundraising success.

Bet you’ll find at least one great idea from this catalog of 16 fundraising ideas from your colleagues in the Lab!

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Here’s an outline and sample script for a call that is guaranteed to feel great for your donor and for you.

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By member request, here are some best practices for fundraising events.

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Your board may not watch an entire masterclass on crafting your elevator pitch, but you can use this “cheat sheet” to teach them basics of a great pitch.

We know that the vast majority of gifts come to a nonprofit in the fourth quarter and certainly by year end. But it’s time to boycott the phrase “year-end fundraising” and consider instead “The 4th Quarter Press.”

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An “elevator pitch” is how you answer the question, “So what does your nonprofit do?” Done right, it’s an invitation to learn more and do more and an amazing opportunity. But most of us screw it up.

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Your board can use this template annually to help figure out how to reach the fundraising commitment that comes with board service to your organization.

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