by Nancy Rieves | Jan 16, 2020 | Board, Donors, Fundraising, Fundraising Success, Identify Major Donors, Leadership, Philanthropy
How to Identify Major Donors Do you know how to identify major donors? While at the foundation I helped launch, we received gifts from a gentleman we had never met. The gifts came at various times during the year and in various amounts — all over $1,000. I tried...
by Nancy Rieves | Jan 9, 2020 | Donor Ask Language, Donors, Fundraising, Fundraising Success, Leadership, Nonprofits, Philanthropy
How to Write the Best Solicitation Letter Ever! Do you often struggle in writing a winning solicitation letter? Is it captivating and engaging? At the end of this year, I was sorting through my mail that had piled up. Much of it was solicitation letters. Like many...
by Nancy Rieves | Jan 3, 2020 | Donors, Fundraising, Fundraising Success, Leadership, Nonprofits, Philanthropy
HOW TO KICKSTART YOUR FUNDRAISING Are you ready to kickstart your fundraising? Are you tired of playing small? It’s a new year, and it’s time to make changes so you significantly raise more money than last year and maintain that high level of revenue stream. As a...
by Nancy Rieves | Dec 19, 2019 | Donor Ask Language, Donors, Fundraising, Leadership, Message, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Relationships
How to Ask Major Donors for Money Are you struggling with how to ask major donors for money? The truth is, most fundraisers wait and wait and wait and put off asking a major donor for money because they either 1) don’t know what to say or 2) fear being rejected. Maybe...
by Nancy Rieves | Dec 12, 2019 | Donor Ask Language, Donors, Fundraising, Fundraising Success, Leadership, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Relationships
The Three Most Important Elements to Donor Ask Language There are three important elements to any donor ask language. While at a conference session early in my fundraising career, the presenter spouted off words to use to ask someone for a gift. Thank goodness, hands...
by Nancy Rieves | Dec 12, 2019 | Donors, Leadership, Message, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Relationships
HOW TO WRITE A DONOR THANK YOU NOTE A donor thank you note is the beginning of future gifts. Let me share my hard-earned lesson learned about showing donor gratitude. It was early in the formation of the foundation that I helped establish and ran for 10 years. The...
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