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- How can I get lay leaders to participate in training for both governance and solicitation?
- What do I need to consider when fundraising during a recession?
- As an organization matures, how do you
help facilitate a transition in leadership from its founding members to a group that does not know who those founding members were?
- We have a large prospect list that we have accumulated over time from many sources. How can we fully utilize this asset?
- How do I stimulate a board that is reluctant to do fundraising?
- How do you keep the Board from micro-managing the Committees' work?
- How do 'we' attract, motivate and retain future leaders for our communities, and religious institutions?
- Is it possible to have a successful fundraising program with a small or non-existent budget?
- What is the most common reason that well-intentioned fundraising efforts get derailed?
- Our nonprofit holds an annual fundraising gala that raises about $10,000 gross, $8,000 net, towards a $350,000 annual budget. The executive director and some board members feel that this fundraiser is 'too small' and 'not worth our while'; how do we decide whether it is or not, and what then?
- Can you give me more information on planned giving?
- What is the impact of 'venture' philanthropy on established organizations including 'umbrella' fund institutions such as United Way and Jewish Federations?
- How do seasoned, successful for-profit professionals find work in the non-profit world?
- What is the most effective way to solicit funds when one is not comfortable doing so?
- My executive director has a brought many new donors to our organization with whom she has close, personal relationships. How do I shift the relationship so that it focuses on the organization and not just the ED?
- How do I motivate my board to give and solicit funds?
- When I asked one of our donors to increase her support, she became very upset. She asked me whether I did not appreciate what she was already doing. How do I smooth her ruffled feathers?
- How often should we solicit support from our donors?
- We have tried everything we know to recruit a new director of development. We have posted the job internally, advertised and networked with our board, funders and donors. But we are not getting anyone who even comes close to knocking our socks off. What can we do?
- The members of my board are unwilling to engage in fundraising on behalf of our agency. How can I motivate them to raise the money critical to fulfilling our vital mission?
- How do we raise unrestricted funds?
- One of our favorite employees is moving across the country. What should I do to replace the irreplaceable?
- We just completed a feasibility study and were told we could raise $5.7 million. That's a lot - what are the chances we could really raise that much?
- Our Board is not a "Money Board," how do we attract leaders who can give and get?
- How do we increase our donor base?
- I would love to work with MJA. Would you take a percentage of monies raised as compensation?
- I am the Executive Director of a small musical organization in metropolitan Boston. We have just set new guidelines and gift levels for our fundraising effort that we hope to implement fully by 2006. One of our board members just handed me a program from a recent concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra that contains a listing of all their major donors and corporate sponsors. Should we pick up the phone and start making calls?
- What can we do with our house list of previous donors to maximize rates of return and increase gifts?
- My mid-sized nonprofit uses Excel to track donors. Is there a better way that doesn't cost a lot?
- Why should we consider hiring an executive search firm?
- I know an organization that used a fundraising consultant and didn’t have success. How can you guarantee that we will be successful if we use your firm?
- I've heard non-profits can obtain free advertising in many media outlets, is that true?
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