Raise Your First $500 With These Ideas
If you’ve read my book I HAVE MY 501(C)3! NOW WHAT?!? Your Blueprint to Starting Your Nonprofit Without Being the Sole Funder you know that the entire plan costs $881.40. I get asked often how to pay for the plan. Board members are the source of funds. But what if you...
Five Guidelines to Invest in Yourself
If you are not investing in personal development, you may be limiting your true potential. Personal development affects your entire life, not just your work life or your personal life. It’s amazing how many people don’t try to improve themselves. These are the same...
What is Grant Ready and How Do You Get There?
Grant ready is a big topic in the Facebook groups I follow. It’s a word that’s thrown out often. I turn potential grant clients away because they aren’t grant ready. You’ve probably asked, “But what does grant ready mean? “ I remember the first time I heard the term. I didn’t realize anyone had to be grant ready. I thought you wrote a grant and got money. That was how everyone around me acted. I had the great fortune of getting to know the grant writer where I was working that mentored me in the grant process.
Four Fundraising Habits of Nonprofit Leaders
“I can’t get people to donate! “says the nonprofit leader. “Who is your ideal Donor?" I ask. With a puzzled look, the nonprofit leader replied, “Everyone!" Another nonprofit leader wants to know how to get more donations. The problem is that they...
How to Easily Recruit Stellar Board Members
A Founder came to me a few years ago to help her get her Board together. Through the training, she was able to put together a Potential Board Decision Package. For her, just getting clear about what she wanted in a board and the expectations she had, made all the...
Top 5 Tips for One-on-One Networking
Not all networking happens at events. Some of the most effective networking you can do happens over coffee meetings. One-on-one catch-ups, whether they’re in real life or virtual, give you a chance to really connect without the distractions of being in a big crowd. My...
Does Your Nonprofit’s Donor Communications Sound Like a Wookie Revolt?
Craft Your Communications Plan to Avoid the Revolt If you didn’t know by reading the headline, I’m a Star Wars fan. Yes, I’m old enough to have seen the original films in the theater. So it’s no surprise that I married a man who has Chewbacca as his text tone. An...
Why Plan Your Fundraising for 2020?
“ A goal without a plan is just a wish.”- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Do you have goals? Maybe your goal is, we need funding. Your response, let’s raise money! You feel like you are on an endless loop. I worked with an executive director once that felt that way. To make...
The Hard Truths of Starting Your Nonprofit
“I have my 501 c 3! Now what?” the conversation began. It always begins that way. When a Founder has started a nonprofit but isn't equipped to move forward, we walk through where they are and where they want to go. In my time walking through the question, I...
Fundraising Strategies to Avoid When You Are New
I’ve seen organizations say – we are just going to hope the funding comes. It’s kind of a field of dreams attitude, if we build it, funding will come. Unfortunately, fundraising doesn’t come without a plan and working the plan.
A Simple Plan
About Me
Most nonprofit leaders lay awake at night trying to figure out how to fund their mission.
Hi! I'm Alesha.
I teach sustainable fundraising in a way that they can take action today so they can serve their clients.
I can help you move from just getting started funding your new nonprofit to gaining confidence in your fundraising and building relationships to knowing what works for your organization and looking at the infinite game when it comes to funding. I’ve worked with nonprofit Founders and written the book I HAVE MY 501(C)3! NOW WHAT?!? Your Blueprint to Starting Your Nonprofit Without Being the Sole Funder that lays the foundations for funding in a new nonprofit.
I’ve worked in Development (Fundraising) Departments in large organizations and I know the no cost, low-cost methods they use to bring in funding. I bring those sound strategies to the nonprofits I serve. Club Calendar
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