Posts by Amy Eisenstein
How to Raise $100K or More for Your Organization in 8 Weeks
When it became clear the Pandemic wasn’t going away anytime soon, Andrea and I knew we needed to do something drastic to help nonprofits in need. We decided to apply a capital campaign fundraising strategy to condensed...
2020 Summer Reading for Nonprofit Leaders and Burgeoning Experts
Summer is a wonderful time to sit down with a good book. Personally, I read both for fun and to learn, and most years, I work through as many as 10 books in July and August. This summer of COVID-19 provides an even...
5 Things To Do this Summer to Advance Your Capital Campaign
Summer is often a challenging time for capital campaigns. Schedules change. Volunteers and donors often travel. Under normal circumstances, donors, committee members, and staff members might be unavailable for weeks or...
Donor Stewardship: Successful Fundraising vs. Poor Fundraising
Capital campaigns live or die on the top 20-30 donors to the campaign. Those individuals typically give between 50 and 90 percent of the campaign goal. And it’s likely that the vast majority of those top-tier donors...
An 8-Week Plan to Raise Immediate Emergency Funding
In today’s harsh reality, raising funds is more important than ever. Many organizations are struggling for survival in the wake of COVID-19 and the economic hardship it has created worldwide. Raising Emergency Funds...
How to Lead Your Nonprofit Organization Through a Crisis
If your nonprofit organization was dangling on the edge of existence before, there’s nothing like a crisis to throw you over the cliff. In normal times, when organizations move forward in a day-after-day predictable...
Capital Campaign Fundraising During Coronavirus: Your Questions Answered
The Coronavirus Crisis likely has your nonprofit, your fundraising, and your personal/family life all thrown into a tailspin. Anxiety is high all around. We are in unchartered territory with regard to fundraising and...
How to Find the Best Capital Campaign Feasibility Study Participants
When considering a capital campaign, it’s important to do a little testing first. There are two things you’ll want to test: The case for support (why people should give) The working goal (how much you hope to raise)...
17 Feasibility Study Questions to Ask Before a Capital Campaign
Although there are some circumstances which warrant bringing in an outside consultant to conduct feasibility study interviews, it’s likely that you can (and should) meet with your own prospective donors prior to a...
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