1. How to Get Your Donors More Engaged
(News/Fundraising News)

... a series of small asks. Not all of these asks should be for money. Ask your donors for their advice and insight, for their time (as volunteers), for their leadership (on committees and boards), for their ...

2. FEMA Administrator Fugate And Local Officials Tour Mississippi Recovery Projects As 5th Anniversary Of Hurricane Katrina Approaches
(News/Disaster Relief)

... St. Louis, Fugate was joined by Bay St. Louis Mayor Les Fillingame, Waveland Mayor Tommy Longo, and Hancock County Board of Supervisors President Rocky Pullman. In Biloxi, he was joined by Biloxi Mayor ...

3. FEMA Signs Disaster Agreement With Upper Sioux Community
(News/Disaster Relief)

... which allows a federally recognized tribe to be considered a Grantee for federal disaster assistance. FEMA officials signed the formal agreement with the tribal Board of Trustees, located in Yellow Medicine ...

4. Question: How Much is Too Much Board Prep?
(News/Fundraising News)

Every organization is different and every board is different. Some boards have major players who play a key role in raising money for an organization, whereas others have a working board that is more involved ...

5. Featured Fundraiser Edward Sumner
(News/Fundraising News)

... we serve took his drums and our brochures to the street with a cardboard sign that said ‘Raising money for a youth center that was robbed, every penny helps.’ He raised over $250 and brought it to our ...

6. Grand Opening Of Cameron Parish School Board’s Administrative Building Held May 10
(News/Disaster Relief)

CAMERON, La. – The Cameron Parish School Board, along with officials from both the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP), ...

7. Question: Legal Advocacy
(News/Fundraising News)

... Support Question: Fundraising Ethics More About Using Board Members & Volunteers Depending on your nonprofit’s certification you are under different laws surrounding the kind ...

8. Featured Fundraiser: James Tobias
(News/Fundraising News)

... communities here in the US. My primary responsibilities are with annual giving, stewardship and data management but I also manage social media, HTML design, communication pieces, board management, grants ...

9. Interesting Links to Check Out
(News/Fundraising News)

... many funders they can get on board and what the response is like. Groupable This website is similar to Common Grants but is for corporate giving and sponsorships. If you have an upcoming event or other ...

10. FEMA Monthly Update: Coast Summer Ready With Rebuilt Piers, Boardwalk
(News/Disaster Relief)

... eight-mile stretch of boardwalk in Harrison County, the Mississippi Coast is ready to shift into high gear for summer fun. Posted: 2010-04-07 06:46:37 ...

11. Nonprofit Blog Carnival
(News/Fundraising News)

... posts that were submitted. Joe with The Fundraising Authority posted, How Anyone Can Be a Superstar Fundraiser. If you have an executive leader or board member that wants to fundraise does not feel like ...

12. Open Letter to New Executive Directors
(News/Fundraising News)

... an Interim Position. If the situation presented to you by the board upon your employment was anything like typical, you've had to generate fresh programming and refresh the institutional identity on ...

13. The Technology Schedule
(News/Fundraising News)

... nonprofit boards and are often some of the easiest board members to schedule meetings with because [...] Related posts:The Next Big Thing… Technology? Key Pieces of Database Info Calendaring Living ...

14. Informing Your Volunteers
(News/Fundraising News)

... Will You Be My Volunteer? Linkage, Ability, Interest More About Using Board Members & Volunteers This would have gone well with my Event Invitation Mistakes post a few weeks ago but I didn’t make ...

15. Question: Who Asks for Money?
(News/Fundraising News)

In a recent post, Who Talks to Your Donors, I mentioned two different styles of fundraising. One style involves board members soliciting donors, and another style involves staff cultivating and soliciting ...

16. Characteristics of a Model Board Member
(News/Fundraising News)

I’ve worked with a number of board members over the years. A number of readers are board members and we could all benefit from thinking through valuable traits of board members. This is by no means a comprehensive ...

17. Rochelle Zeidman: Featured Fundraiser
(News/Fundraising News)

... who do you do it for? Strategy, campaign, foundation, corporate, individual major and principal gifts, and board fundraising are the kinds of fundraising I do for local, national, and global non-profits. ...

18. A Donor List is More Than Past Giving
(News/Fundraising News)

... minded but may not receive as many requests as the larger businesses in your community. Ask your board members to recommend names. I encourage you to sit down individually with your board members and ...

19. Big Fundraising for Special Operations Warrior Foundation
(News/Fundraising News)

... Operations during an operational or training mission.  SOWF offers scholarship grants that cover tuition, fees, room, board, books and supplies for children of lost veterans.  To date, [...] Posted: ...

20. Who Talks to Your Donors
(News/Fundraising News)

I have seen major gifts fundraising done in two significantly different ways. One involves an active fundraising board who participates in all the major gifts solicitations for the organization. The other ...