Advice
How Some Fundraisers Are Using ChatGPT Technology to Do Their Jobs Better
The chatbot can automate mundane, time-consuming tasks like writing social-media posts, drafting thank-you notes to donors, and completing grant applications.
Fundraising
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A Donor's PerspectiveHow to Avoid Turf Wars When Raising Money From Wealthy Families
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Prospect Research
10 Steps to Find and Prioritize Prospective Donors in a Volatile Economy
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Fundraising in Tough Times
Monthly Giving Can Help Nonprofits Weather Economic Uncertainty. Here’s How to Do It Well.
Online Events
Executive Leadership
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
How to Move DEI Strategy From Paper to Practice
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
How to Advance Racial Equity: One Foundation Shares Lessons
Careers
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Management and Leadership
How to Run a Virtual Office, From Leaders Who Have Done It for Years
Communications
Toolkits and Collections
All Advice
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Grant Making
4 Ways Foundations Can Help Strengthen Nonprofits
Here’s how one grant maker helps nonprofits build organizational capacity — and how your foundation can, too. -
Donor-Advised Funds
8 Proven Ways to Engage Wealth Advisers — and Raise More From DAFs
What works — and what doesn’t — when building ties with financial professionals to attract DAF gifts. -
Advice
People Give Less After Daylight Saving Time Switch
After losing an hour of sleep, people are less inclined to help others, research has found. -
Donor Relations
Tips for Creating a Successful Young Professionals Program
Young professionals may not have a lot of money to donate, but they can offer their time, energy, and ideas. Here’s how several nonprofits in India get young people involved in their work. -
Mental Health
How Leaders Can Help Fundraisers Avoid Burnout
Nonprofit managers should check in with fundraisers early and often and show appreciation for their achievements. -
Management and Leadership
How Fundraisers Can Get Off the Road to Exhaustion and Burnout
Unfamiliarity with the physical signs of stress and burnout can prevent fundraisers from taking the breaks they need to recover. -
Advice
5 Ways Foundations Should Help Grantees in Uncertain Economy
Grant makers should act now by releasing more money, being flexible, and supporting nonprofit workers, among other steps. -
Major-Gift Fundraising
How One University Used Data to Eliminate ‘Zombie Proposals’ and Improve Big-Gift Fundraising
Among the insights: The longer it took to close a proposal, the less chance for its success, but other factors played a role, too. -
Fundraising
College Fundraisers Need to Think Big, Use Data, and Innovate, Experts Advise
Collecting good information about donors, including their interests, and using artificial intelligence to personalize outreach can keep fundraisers up-to-date as they talk to donors. -
Online Events
How to Work a Zoom Room: Engaging Donors at Online Events
Nonprofits that hold online events need to be intentional about creating opportunities for participants to get to know one another. “Mingling doesn’t just happen,” says one expert.
