In a time of increasing budget cuts and belt tightening, it is even more important for nonprofit development professionals to be at the top of their fundraising game. Suppose there was a way to have hundreds of years of fundraising experience at arms length. Suppose there was a simple way to get the toughest fundraising questions answered without making a phone call, writing an email or paying a consultant. This book is the answer. Essential Principles for Fundraising Success will help both experienced and novice fundraisers, as well as volunteers, get easy access to answers to fundraising questions that arise in the daily business of acquiring philanthropic support. In an easy-to-use format, this book answers questions like: · What are some guidelines for assessing the appropriate costs for fundraising? · How do I conduct a training session for our new campaign volunteers? · Can you suggest possible themes, strategies, and a structure for an annual fund drive that likely will be negatively affected by an organization’s first ever capital campaign? · What are the key elements of a grant proposal? Topics include capital campaigns, working with boards and volunteers, annual fundraising, major gifts, planned giving, and special events and grantseeking. This book is based on FAQs posed by practitioners and produced from the combined knowledge of nine fundraising consulting firms that make up the Charter Partners of FundraisingINFO.com. It is written and organized in a style designed to appeal to the harried nonprofit reader and provides a single source reference for the answers and advice.
Book Details:
- Author: G. Douglass Alexander
- ISBN: 9780470333969
- Year Published: 2005
- Pages: 208
- BISAC: BUS074020, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / Fundraising & Grants
About the Book and Topic:
In a time of increasing budget cuts and belt tightening, it is even more important for nonprofit development professionals to be at the top of their fundraising game. Suppose there was a way to have hundreds of years of fundraising experience at arms length. Suppose there was a simple way to get the toughest fundraising questions answered without making a phone call, writing an email or paying a consultant. This book is the answer. Essential Principles for Fundraising Success will help both experienced and novice fundraisers, as well as volunteers, get easy access to answers to fundraising questions that arise in the daily business of acquiring philanthropic support. In an easy-to-use format, this book answers questions like: · What are some guidelines for assessing the appropriate costs for fundraising? · How do I conduct a training session for our new campaign volunteers? · Can you suggest possible themes, strategies, and a structure for an annual fund drive that likely will be negatively affected by an organization’s first ever capital campaign? · What are the key elements of a grant proposal? Topics include capital campaigns, working with boards and volunteers, annual fundraising, major gifts, planned giving, and special events and grantseeking. This book is based on FAQs posed by practitioners and produced from the combined knowledge of nine fundraising consulting firms that make up the Charter Partners of FundraisingINFO.com. It is written and organized in a style designed to appeal to the harried nonprofit reader and provides a single source reference for the answers and advice.
There are more than 1.3 million non-profit entities registered in the United States. This book will be a valuable resource for the development professionals that work in these organizations including associations, cultural organizations, education, healthcare, human services, political and advocacy groups, and public broadcast. It is envisioned that everyone from the Vice President of Advancement, Development Director, Annual Fund, Planned Giving and Major Gift staff members will find this book indispensable to their job performance.
STRONG AUTHOR PLATFORM: Alexander is a very active consultant and trainer, and FundraisingINFO.com is conducted in partnership with some of the nation’s leading consulting firms. WINNING FORMAT: Accessible guide for nonprofit staff and consultants in engaging question-and-answer format. ESSENTIAL CONTENT: Fundraising is need-to-have information for nonprofits, and consistently represents the top-selling topic in professional titles.
About the Author
G. Douglass Alexander is Chairman of Alexander Haas Martin s leading fundraising consulting firm, and Chairman of FundraisingINFO.com. Doug has a regular editorial column in Fundraising Management magazine, and has been published in several journals including The Chronicle of Nonprofit Enterprise, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Donor Developer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and The Charlotte Observer. He lives in Atlanta, GA. Kristina Carlson, CFRE, is President of FundraisingINFO.com. Prior to joining FRI, Carlson directed successful capital campaigns, with goals ranging from $1 million to $200 million, for international organizations as well as smaller grass-roots groups. She lives in Atlanta, GA. Fundraising INFO.com is an internet-based fundraising consulting company dedicated to helping nonprofit organizations worldwide raise more money by providing interactive, up-to-date training, advice and information about fund-raising techniques, prospects, products and services. Nine Charter Partner firms are the brain trust of FundraisingINFO.com: Alexander Haas Martin & Partners, Inc. (Atlanta), The Alford Group (Chicago/Seattle), American City Bureau (Chicago), Brakeley, Inc. (Connecticut), Campbell & Company (Chicago), The Clements Group, L.C. (Salt Lake City), IDC (Nevada), and Ruotolo Associates, Inc. (New Jersey)