It's time for your year-end appeal! Whether you're new to fundraising or a seasoned pro, this checklist will help you create your best appeal yet.

You may have noticed some significant changes in your ministry since you first began. They make it necessary for you to adapt your messaging to align with the present needs and vision. This allows your financial partners to better support and personally relate to the work God is doing through you! To make it easier for you to update your messaging, consider asking yourself a few simple questions outlined in this free checklist. Your answers will give you a foundation to create a powerful message that people will want to hear.

As fundraisers, it’s important to review your monthly giving report and respond to any changes in a timely manner. Not sure where to start? Let us help take the guesswork out of it. Use this free checklist each month to maintain a healthy support account!

It’s that time, again— making your year end appeal. Whether it's your first year fundraising or you’re a seasoned missionary, this task can feel daunting. Use this checklist to help you curate the best year end appeal you've done so far!

You may have noticed some significant changes in your ministry since you first began. These changes make it necessary for you to adapt your messaging to align with the present needs and a new vision. By doing this, you allow your financial partners to better relate to and support the work God is doing!

To make it easier for you to update your messaging, consider asking yourself a few simple questions. Your answers will give you a foundation to create a powerful message that people will want to hear!

The Communication Progression gives us a map to see how far we are in involvement with each person at each stop. Once they arrive at the final destination of involvement, we will move on to continuing their involvement and managing our relationship in a healthy way.

Have you ever let too long pass without connecting with your donors? You're not alone.

In fundraising, it's important to keep up with your follow up. There's not much more essential in your fundraising process than taking the time and effort to follow up with those you've contacted so far. Obtaining the funding is a priority on your end, but it may be only in the back of your financial partner's mind.

There's a good chance that if I asked you to share your ministry with me, you would share about 50-75% more than you need to and would lose my interest.

Consider me a stereotypical millennial with the attention span of a gnat, if it makes you feel better.

Have you ever had someone commit to giving to your organization or cause, but not actually give? Has anyone ever told you that they want to partner with your ministry, but they never actually do? As the fundraiser, follow-up is your job. No one will ever care more about your ministry or cause than you do.

How to ask college students to partner with you through something we call “The Starbucks Challenge”

Before your next call or appointment, apply these 3 simple principles to your strategy and just watch how the dynamic will change!

As coaches we listen to our clients to better understand their mindsets coming into fundraising. We ask powerful questions that often uncovers hidden expectations and motives. This can lead to discoveries that are critical to their fundraising success.

I recently had a client tell me they were getting very discouraged because they were making phone calls to their donors and no one was getting back with them.

Giving history is a great indicator for identifying major donors. If someone has given you at least $500 in the past, they could potentially give again and give more. Making the leap from $500 to $1,000 is likely not a huge jump for most major donors

One of the greatest hurdles our clients have to overcome in fundraising is the dreaded phone call.... READ MORE