How to Sustain Funds for Your Nonprofit, Part 3: Asking
We are now in the commitment phase of the relationship. No matter if the commitment is getting down on one knee or “Hey, let’s move in together”, you have come to the point in the relationship where you know, like, and trust each other. The same is true for your donors. They know you, like you, and trust you. They have a connection to your mission and want to really support you. And likewise, you are understanding your donor’s mindset.
How to Sustain Funds for Your Nonprofit, Part 2
Nonprofits struggle to sustain funds every day because they don’t understand the relationship between them and their donor. Transactional relationships will not sustain your funding, only relationships with your prospects and donors will. Once we have our prospects, it’s time to move them to the next step, cultivating.
How to Sustain Funds for Your Nonprofit, Part 1
Sustaining your nonprofit over the long haul is difficult unless you establish a donor funnel. It will direct your fundraising activities and help you sustain funds.
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Hi! It's Alesha. I'm working on content for the next three months and my biggest challenge is figuring out what you want to know. The truth is- it's paralyzing. I want to serve you but I wind up not writing anything, not doing Facebook Lives, or sending helpful...
When Should You Launch a Legacy Giving Program? by Guest Blogger Lori Kranczer
Legacy Giving is something every nonprofit should incorporate at some point. Guest blogger Lori Kranczer is an attorney who has been specializing in planned giving for nonprofits for 18 years. Lori has directed national planned giving programs as well as worked with organizations just starting out to create their legacy giving programs. She is located in New York, NY. Today, she is helping us with when to launch a Legacy Giving Program.
Event Marketing: Who, What, When, Why? Reaching the people who matter for your next nonprofit event
Melissa Russom (https://melissarussom.com/) is a strategic communications consultant who empowers organizations to engage more meaningfully with the people who matter most to propel their missions forward. She is a guest blogger today and is digging into fundraising...
Setting Goals Your Organization Can Accomplish
Goal setting is a key to planning Fiscal year. How do you set goals that are realistic? I use the acronym SMARTE when figuring out my goals in grant writing, personal planning, and in my business. Nonprofit organizations can benefit when applying them too.
How to Successfully Move Your Nonprofit Forward this Year
Planning hasn't been a natural activity for me. Once I started planning, I saw the results and it became an obsession. What results could possibly make this planner phobic into planning obsessed? I have four reasons to plan: it saves time, it saves money, it provides...
Guest Post: Three Strategies for Writing Grants in HALF the Time!
Amanda Wallander Roberts guest blogs today and is sharing three strategies for winning grants in half the time. Amanda believes grant writing doesn’t have to be hard! Check out her freebie too!
Three Steps to Your Nonprofit’s Grants Breakthrough in 2019
I’m excited to bring Lesa-kaye in today as our guest blogger. Lesa-kaye trains and coaches nonprofits and community-based organizations on how to win their first or next grant. With her winning grant strategies, she has helped nonprofits win more than $15 million in grants including funding from the federal government.
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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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