Confessions of a Development Director

Boost Your Nonprofit's Fundraising Plan... Make Next Year Your Best Fundraising Year Yet As the year winds down, it’s time to reflect on...

In this series, entitled "Confessions of a Development Director," I share with you emails between real-life development directors and me...

Donor Fatigue: “You’re Always Asking for Money”  Has a donor or friend ever told you “ you are always asking for money ”? In over a...

What are Fundraising Appeals? Fundraising appeals are like the lifeblood of nonprofit organizations—they’re how you share your mission,...

An Easy to Avoid Capital Campaign Mistake Capital campaigns are wrought with land mines. Whether it’s selecting the right ask amount or...

I am excited to bring you a series entitled “Confessions of a Development Director.” In this series, I share with you emails between me...

We discuss the project grant application description and the budget in more detail, along with some grant writing tips and tricks.

This is part one of a two-part series walking you through a typical grant application. Part two can be found  here .  If you want to...