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How to ask your long-term funders for more money 

Candid

Your long-term funder could be the one to go to for an increased or additional gift—but you have to know how to approach them. I asked Kate Tkacik Sweeney, Candid’s senior director of development, for advice on how to decide which funder to approach and how best to make the ask.

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Nonprofit Grants: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation To Fund $9 Billion

Bloomerang

Where is this money coming from? Before we get into that, it’s important to know where the money is coming from. Although the Twitter thread doesn’t dive into how the foundation will spend the money, we have a few recommendations for staying on top of that news: Keep an eye on their grants page.

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What are Challenge Gifts?

sgEngage

A challenge gift is a donation that creates an incentive for others to give by offering a financial reward based on an established contingency. Challenge gifts are issued only once a contingency, or “challenge,” has been achieved.

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When Looking to Diversify Your Development Office, Widen Your Lens

Bloomerang

I’ve heard that to be a major gift officer you have to have access to people with money, be comfortable socializing with them, and speak their language. After all, is not the business of fundraising, well, to raise money? Be intentional about creating equity in every function in your development office.

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How To Increase Board Fundraising Without Having To Ask for Money

Bloomerang

The objections shared usually involve board members not wanting to ask people they know for money. This means that getting board members to ask their personal network for money is the fastest way to hit your board fundraising goals. Then, this board member can occasionally pitch newsrooms about your events or other developments.

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3 Ways to Manage & Grow Major Donor Relationships

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A wealthy constituent wants to know what their money will be going toward and what it can accomplish. During your solicitation meeting, make sure you communicate: How much money the project needs. The specifics of what their money would be funding. Keep them apprised of key developments within your nonprofit.

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How Embracing Risk and Spending Money Can Help Nonprofits Make More Money

Bloomerang

We need more money. Too often, the problem is that they haven’t considered if they’re spending enough money to equip their teams to make more money. You see, when you want to raise more money for your nonprofit, not spending money is simply self-sabotage. They’re great grant writers and event planners.

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