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Developing a Tactical Fundraising Calendar for Your Organization

The Fundraising Authority

Your best bet to ensure maximum revenue is to lay out a tactical fundraising calendar as part of your overall fundraising plan. A tactical calendar, as its name suggests, is simply a calendar that shows when your non-profit will employ each of the fundraising tactics it is planning to use in a given year. Don’t Ask Too Rarely.

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Five Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits That Don’t Work (or Why You Aren’t Raising Enough Money)

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They’ve tried what they know to raise money, but it just isn’t working. It’s not easy to figure out what works in fundraising when you have little to no experience raising big bucks. It’s like a money grab because that’s what it’s all about — the money. I’ve been there. And it’s frustrating. Avoid them!).

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How to Create a Fundraising Calendar

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Fundraising calendars help set your nonprofit up for success for the entire year. A fundraising calendar enables you to keep your goals, campaigns, strategies, and due dates all in one place that your whole team has access to. Another objective you need to define for your fundraising calendar is your awareness goal.

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Fundraising Planning Guide, Calendar, Worksheet, + Template

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Fundraising Calendar for 2021. That’s why we created this 2021 fundraising calendar worksheet and template to help you map out the best possible plan. That’s why we created this 2021 fundraising calendar worksheet and template. Download your fundraising calendar + goals template below: Fundraising Plan & Goals Worksheet.

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How to Set Sponsorship Levels and Benefits for Your Next Fundraising Event

The Fundraising Authority

For most fundraising events , the majority of your money should be raised through sponsorships. If you are setting an ambitious fundraising goal for your event, it will be far easier to reach that goal if you can raise 50%+ of the revenue from large sponsors than if you are trying to raise 100% through individual ticket sales.

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Creating Fundraising Systems for Your Nonprofit

The Fundraising Authority

Everyone at this nonprofit was constantly wringing their hands about raising money. They never had the money they needed, and they were never quite sure where it would come from. 4 – Put it On a Calendar. Similarly, fundraising systems aren’t much good if they don’t include a calendar of activities.

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Stay Focused, Fundraiser!

The Fundraising Authority

It causes non-profits to raise less money than they could, while expending far more energy and effort than necessary. A failure to stay focused causes non-profits to miss out on opportunities to raise more money from the work they are already doing, or from the donors they already have. Of course not! The Solution.