Description
Book SynopsisEssential Principles for Fundraising Success is a single-source, easy-access guide that offers answers to the most commonly asked questions posed by professional fundraisers and volunteers. Organized in a clear, easy-to-use question and answer format,
Essential Principles for Fundraising Success takes on the challenges that arise daily in the ongoing, high-pressured business of raising money. In this book, G. Douglass Alexander and Kristina Carlson (the founders of the successful Internet-based, fundraising consulting firm FundraisingINFO) offer insight from their combined forty-six years of experience working with thousands of nonprofit organizations. Based on the enduring principles of fundraising, this important resource shows how to master the three mainstays of fundraisingdeveloping a case statement, creating a campaign strategy, and securing big gifts.
Essential Principles for Fundraising Success also offers creative, out-of-the-box solutions for convincing r
Table of ContentsFigures, Tables, & Exhibits vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Purpose and Observations 1
1 Principles of Fundraising: Time-Tested Truths 5
2 Essential Fundraising Tools: Focusing Your Work 10
3 The Board: Where Fundraising Begins 19
4 Research: Working Smarter 29
5 Annual Campaigns: The Basis for the Future 39
6 Direct Mail: How to Build Your Donor Base 54
7 Special Events: Making Friends, Raising Funds, and Having Fun 66
8 Major Gifts: Getting to the Big Gifts 84
9 Capital Campaigns: Building Success 96
10 Planned Giving: You Can Do It 116
11 Foundation Grants: Writing and Other Keys to Success 131
12 Corporate Dollars: Sponsorship, Marketing, and More 143
13 Technology: Embrace It 154
14 Stewardship: Saying Thanks Pays Dividends 164
15 Putting It All Together 180
References 183
The Authors 185
Index 187
