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How to Partner and Fundraise with a Purpose-Driven Brand

Leave a Comment / Authenticity, Brand Building, Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, Cross-Sector Partnerships, donors, Fundraising, Marketing, Non-profit, resources, Strategizing, tips, Visibility, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

While the for-profit and nonprofit sectors have different goals, their interests are more aligned than they might seem. Cross-sector collaborations between nonprofits and companies are mutually beneficial for all parties involved. Not only do nonprofits receive much-needed funding for their initiatives, but corporate funders reap many benefits. For example, being publicly associated with a charitable …

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How Nonprofits Can Raise More by Telling the Right Story to the Right Audience

Leave a Comment / Authenticity, Business, community, consulting, Cross-Sector Partnerships, donors, Fundraising, Industry, networking, Non-profit, resources, Strategizing, tips, volunteer, vulnerability / By Mallory Erickson

Did you know the success of your nonprofit organization starts with your story? That’s right. The story you tell donors, both small and large, will heavily influence how much money you raise, how many donors you retain, and whether you will build a sustainable future for your organization. When we think of storytelling, we often …

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The Undeniable Value of Nonprofits Working With Cross-Sector Partners

It’s always been known that nonprofit organizations need cross-sector partners to successfully raise money for their causes. However, it hasn’t always been made aware of just how much nonprofits contribute to the success and positive culture of those corporations. The need for organizations to partner with nonprofits in pursuit of broad-reaching outcomes has increased substantially …

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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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How Philanthropy Can Reduce Anxiety

Leave a Comment / community, Fundraising, Mindset & Habits, Non-profit, Podcast, Self-Care, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

They are everywhere. With millennials, who are currently ages 25-40, making up over 50% of the workforce – they are our coworkers, donors, and volunteers. The Pew Research Center says that there are 75 million millennials on the planet. These millennials are tech-savvy do-gooders and the largest generation of potential donors. Recent data also shows, …

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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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