The 8 weeks between November 15 and January 15 (No-Cem-Uary!) offer a wonderful opportunity to increase your support. 

We all feel it. Prices are up. Why mail a paper newsletter (i.e. $$$) when email is free?

In the midst of bailouts, layoffs, credit squeezes, and slowdowns what is your fundraising strategy?

Words make a difference! Your potential donors cannot read your mind. Think through ahead of time what you will say. Here are five phrases to avoid…

After being named National Director, Alphonse quickly realized that he needed unrestricted cash to help his staff with emergencies and to seize ministry opportunities. The General Fund was crucial for ministry health.

So, we reviewed the list of general fund donors name by name for the past five years. Didn’t take long!

“It feels pushy to send a giving reminder to my people. Why bother them on New Year’s Eve Day?”

Similarly, we can fall for “easy” funding methods, but let us be wiser than the saber-tooths. Here are seven traps to avoid…

You intended to make funding appeals the last two months, but you didn’t get around to it. And now the students arrive in two weeks…

When I ask mission-workers about their organizational budget, I get these responses: “My monthly budget? Hmmm….