by Marc A. Pitman | May 22, 2012 | 3. Ask
I am working for a non-profit and recently have begun writing agency grants as well. This organization in the past has never relied on grants, but instead on funding from two fundraisers and the state and federal monies. However, it seems that all of the foundations...
by Marc A. Pitman | May 8, 2012 | 3. Ask, Board Members
I normally speak to large groups at conferences or to smaller groups of board members, but I’ve been privileged to do a lot of one-on-one major gift fundraising training this year. One of the most common questions I am getting from nonprofit employees and board...
by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 22, 2012 | 3. Ask
Lots of us will be thinking about how to be more “green” since today is Earth Day. But how can we make our nonprofits more green? As in taking in more dollars? Ask! You knew that was coming, didn’t you? Asking for money is where the magic happens!...
by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 12, 2012 | 3. Ask, Specials
Since launching “100 Donors in 90 Days” on Monday, we’ve had many folks email and ask us some questions about it. There have been three main questions asked about the system, I emailed the answers to those on my newsletter list earlier today. But I...
by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 10, 2012 | 3. Ask, Stories
We fundraisers are a fascinating group of talented individuals. But this year, I’m seeing many of us talk ourselves out of asking for money, even when the donors have told us they’ll give! I guess it should make sense: successful fundraisers need to be...
by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 9, 2012 | 3. Ask, Board Members, Samples & Tools
As the one-person development office at a rural hospital, my CEO kept asking me: “Why are we going back to the same people? When are you going to find new people?” He wasn’t impressed by all the statistical and logical answers about donor retention...
