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What Nonprofit Fundraisers Can Learn From Political Fundraising And Organizing

Leave a Comment / Activism, Fundraising, Industry, Non-profit / By Mallory Erickson

What Nonprofit Fundraisers Can Learn From Political Fundraising And Organizing While you might not associate nonprofit fundraising with political fundraising, there are plenty of tools and techniques you can learn from political organizing when researching the best ways to fundraise. If you are wondering how to fundraise for your organization or campaign, we’re here to …

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Volunteer: Recruit Volunteers successfully

The difference between your Volunteer Program and Your Major Gifts Program

Leave a Comment / Activism, community, Fundraising, gifted program, networking, Non-profit, political fundraising, resources, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

Thoughts from my conversation with Breauna Dorelus at Connecting the Cause So what ARE the key difference between your volunteer program and your major gifts program? When you think about the skills that make your major gifts program successful they include building relationships, earning trust, having a deep understanding of the donors needs, and ensuring …

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Who, How, and why to talk to donors about stock donations

Leave a Comment / Activism, community, Cross-Sector Partnerships, donors, Fundraising, Industry, Non-profit, resources, stock donations, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

Stock donations; have you ever asked your donors to donate their stocks directly to your nonprofit? I know I never did when I was fundraising. I never even considered having donors donate their stock directly to me. Of course I know that many donors sell their stocks at year end to make donations that they …

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Why your nonprofit should accept stock donations

Leave a Comment / Activism, community, consulting, donors, Fundraising, Industry, Non-profit, resources, stock donations, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

Do you ever come across a solution to a problem you didn’t even know you had? This happened to me recently. I came across StockDonator.com – a company designed to help nonprofits accept donations of publicly traded stock. Then I posted on my instagram asking if accepting stock donations is something that my clients are …

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Tips from a visibility expert Part 2

Leave a Comment / Activism, Authenticity, Coaching, community, consulting, donors, Fundraising, Industry, Mindset & Habits, Non-profit, resources, tips, Visibility, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

In my last article, I started sharing this amazing conversation I had with my coach and visibility expert, Michelle Vos. I shared the concept of visibility and how that reflects in your life to your business and in fundraising, although it creates fear. That exchange acted as a was the foundation for tips from a …

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Are You Seeking More Visibility? — tips from a visibility expert Part 1

Leave a Comment / Activism, Authenticity, community, Fundraising, Industry, Mindset & Habits, networking, Non-profit, resources, tips, Visibility, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

Have you ever realized that fundraising in itself actually involves all the components of who we are as people? And yet we look at it through a tiny lens focused on the work itself. My advice? Seek more visibility authentically. What I’ve found in my past roles as a fundraiser and now as a fundraising …

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Stop Stewarding Donors, Start Raising Money

Leave a Comment / Activism, Business, courage, Cross-Sector Partnerships, donors, Fundraising, Industry, resources, tips, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

For a lot of organizations, donor stewardship is nonexistent. If you don’t have any donor stewardship happening in your organization, then you want to read this blog on: How Forgetting About Your Donors Leads to a Hamster Wheel Hustle. And yet for others, they use donor stewardship as a distraction to cultivation. Is this you?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ …

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Not Achieving Your Fundraising Goal Is The Best Thing That Could Have Happened To You

Leave a Comment / Activism, Business, community, courage, donors, Fundraising, Industry, networking, political fundraising, resources, Strategizing, tips / By Mallory Erickson

So you didn’t make your fundraising goal. Guess what? That’s the best thing that could have happened to you… (If this sounds like nails on a chalkboard to you, hear me out, please)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Whenever I set fundraising goals, and work with my clients 1:1, I have them set huge fundraising goals. These aren’t always their …

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Black Lives Matter – my commitment to anti-racist work

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Fearless Fundraisers, I am deeply saddened by the tragic death of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many other Black names I know and many that I do not. I have not written you yet because I have been in a deep state of reflection and learning – from anti-racist books, to learning …

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