The Agitator

My humble opinion? The best fundraising comes from long-term relationship building - not gimmicks.

The common sense and best practices most fundraisers follow, while common, are often not the best. There is very little research and empiric [more...]

Call me the devil's advocate (curmudgeonly advocating) - maybe this is where a high-impact info-graphic or relevant [& simple] animation [more...]

Adding to the complexity...if anyone ever did a comparative study, small nonprofits would look even more awful to anyone who thinks it's inh [more...]

Stephen, I think you may unwittingly perpetuate part of that problem when you separate "the cause" from fundraising. Donors give to furth [more...]

I don't know... guess I'm an old curmudgeon, but that doesn't interest me in the least as a reader. I rarely take the time to watch a vid [more...]

In general, the non-profit community has deliberately mislead donors about fund raising and marketing costs, and it is now suffering the co [more...]

With the possible exception of #3, I really have to wonder about how much these actually work. For myself personally, I find that the more [more...]

Just as challenging: this may lead donors to think that large, successful non-profits can indeed raise money at no cost. If they can, why c [more...]

At this year's AFP, the founder of charity:water spoke about how they have segmented their business so that 100% of donated dollars go direc [more...]