Adi Bates 7/12/22 Adi Bates 7/12/22

Tips to Help Arts Orgs Stand Out with Funders

Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to work on raising funds for so many organizations through my work as an executive director, consultant, advisor, and leader. While every organization is different, here are three tips that can really help your organization stand out with funders.

Adi Bates 6/3/22 Adi Bates 6/3/22

Funding for Food

In addition to your Community-Centric information from residents about specific needs and interests, grantors are interested to know the research data that specifies the problem and informs your approach, and how local issues reflect regional/national food-related challenges.

Adi Bates 5/25/22 Adi Bates 5/25/22

Community Centric Fundraising 101 Live Webinar

Donor-Centric Fundraising has long been the de facto fundraising model - the belief that nonprofits must center the donor and their desires and expectations to accomplish necessary fundraising goals. But if donors are centered, then where does that leave our work, staff, and communities? Join Starsha Valentine and Laura Hennighausen of Purpose Possible for an overview of the Ten Principles of the Community-Centric Fundraising movement and an exploration of how and why to incorporate them into our practices.

Adi Bates 5/9/22 Adi Bates 5/9/22

Committing to Continuous Quality Improvement: Track, Evaluate, and Articulate your Organization’s Impact

Is your organization doing incredible work, making a difference, and fulfilling your mission? Do you have a clear strategy on how to track, evaluate, and articulate your impact? Better yet, do you use this strategy to make intentional quality improvements over time?

Adi Bates 4/25/22 Adi Bates 4/25/22

Books for Nonprofit Leaders

Here are some books we recommend for fundraising, understanding wealth, managing a nonprofit and team, professional writing, and the inner workings of how power impacts society and philanthropy.

Adi Bates 3/28/22 Adi Bates 3/28/22

Starsha Valentine on finding her sweet spot

I, like so many other Black leaders, bring my whole lived experience to my work. That perspective has allowed me to connect with some of the most dynamic Black-led organizations in the Mid Atlantic region.

Sarah Lawrence 12/13/21 Sarah Lawrence 12/13/21

Forward Project Awardees Announced

Sarah Lawrence 12/9/21 Sarah Lawrence 12/9/21

Purpose Possible 2021 Gift to Give Back Guide

Laura Moody 12/3/21 Laura Moody 12/3/21

A farewell for now from Melissa Brogdon

Laura Moody 11/9/21 Laura Moody 11/9/21

Busted! The Overhead Myth by Laura Hennighausen, Director of Funder Relations

It’s November. The leaves are turning, the days are getting shorter, and you know what that means in the world of fundraising - the return of people on social media crusading against making year-end donations to nonprofits with “high overhead”.