NPA 086 - How to Fundraise without Asking for Money
Release Date: 04/04/2018
NPA 095: How to Track Grants, Donations and Program Expenses
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
Keep track of your nonprofits funds can be tricky. Tracking grants, donations, program expenses and other revenue means organizing your dollars into trackable categories. Have you ever wondered if there was a system that made this all easier? What is the "right" way to track grants? Should I track each fundraiser separately? If so, how?
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NPA 094 - How to Use Video Effectively
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
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NPA 093: Making Change with Video
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
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NPA 092: How to really RAISE MONEY with AUCTIONS
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
In this episode I talk with Adam Capes from GetAway2Give about how he helps nonprofit raise $10,000's with auctions. Adam Capes is the Co-Founder and President of Getaway2Give, a company changing the way non-profits raise money and people think about vacations.
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NPA 091: 911 Funding for Nonprofits
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
In this episode, we talk about how to obtain emergency funding for your existing programs. I talk with Caroline Bressan from Open Road Alliance. They are a private philanthropic initiative that serves the social sector by keeping impact on track in an unpredictable world.
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NPA 090: How to be an Innovative Nonprofit
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
My guest on this podcast is Jesse Lane with Pure Charity. Jesse talks with us about nonprofit "innovation" and how it can be used to spark new ideas and build sustainable programs that grow through changing times.
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NPA 089 - Smart Start Your Nonprofit
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
In this episode, I talk with Michael Rivera from Jee Foods. Michael is part of a group of high school students who started a nonprofit to help the hungry in their area. The program is an initiative to discover new models for alleviating hunger throughout the world.
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NPA 088: An Audio Board Training
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
In this episode, I talk with Kate Hayes from Echoing Green. We talk about the importance of creating diversity on your board as well as how to help your board work better as a team.
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NPA 087: The Journey to Sustainability
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
In this episode I speak with Rosenna Bakari from Talking Trees. It is a nonprofit she started back in 2010 and just recently devoted full-time hours to help the organization become sustainable.
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NPA 086 - How to Fundraise without Asking for Money
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
The reason most people hate fundraising is because they hate asking people for money. But this assumes that "asking" is all we do when we fundraising. And this is where the problem lies. It's not so much that we hate asking for money... it is that we think that asking for money is what funding raising is about. And this is just not true.
info_outlineThe reason most people hate fundraising is because they hate asking people for money. But this assumes that "asking" is all we do when we fundraising. And this is where the problem lies. It's not so much that we hate asking for money... it is that we think that asking for money is what funding raising is about. And this is just not true.
In fact, if you want to be a really good fundraiser, then "asking" for money should only be 10% of what you do. Hmmm... gotcha you thinking yet?
Successful fundraising requires strategy, timing, planning, data and relationship building. Here is how our guest, Laurie Wolf, lays it out. Fundraising is:
- 30% internal work and research
- 30% relationship building
- 10% asking for money
- 30% recognition
This podcast goes into detail on how to be successful at fundraising without having to always be asking for money.
ABOUT LAURIE
Laurie Wolf, MNPL, CFRE is the President and CEO of The Foraker Group. She has worked in the nonprofit sector for 30 years and with Foraker for 17 years. She has been instrumental in creating many of Foraker's services and philosophy. Laurie holds a BA in English from Scripps College and an Executive Master's degree in Not-for-Profit Leadership from Seattle University. She has been a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) since 2003. She has served on a variety of boards and worked as a volunteer in arts, environmental and human services organizations.
Resources
Website: forakergroup.org
Awesome Article: Where's the Magic Wand for Fundraising