Donor Cultivation

Because events happen in a live and dynamic space, you can utilize them to activate your organization’s sponsors and partners in engaging ways that make them known and give them unique [...]

This spring all of the incredibly hard cultivation work done by Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Development Director at Centro Cultural de Washington County, paid off at their annual Gala de Cultura. He [...]

For many years Community Action has held an acquisition breakfast event. With those acquired donors in their cultivation stream, they started to look to shift their event to more deeply engage [...]

By Ryan Woroniecki Donors respond to stories. Donors respond to personal connection. Donors respond to fundraisers who know them. Whether you are searching for the right appeal speaker to [...]

Community Action’s Acquisition Event: People You Should Know Are you hosting your events to cultivate current donors or to introduce new donors to your organization? Community Action has an [...]

There are many ways to get your donors to understand what your nonprofit organization is all about. Organizational videos, personal testimonies, pamphlets, word of mouth or an online presence. [...]

When we talk to organizations about their events we ask them to get clear on their objectives and then we help them develop a program based on those guiding principles. Most of the time the main [...]

When planning a fundraising event, it’s tempting to get caught up in the decorative details like napkin colors, centerpieces, event themes or music. But the majority of your time should actually [...]

It can be easy to get caught up in the weeds of your event. Themes. Centerpieces. Linen colors. Will your guests like the chicken? But these are not the things that are going to secure [...]

Effective use of a donor acquisition event in your development plan can lead to effective introductions to a new donor pool and a great way to spread the word about your organization. The primary [...]

Meet Avery. He’s proof that it’s never too early to start to teach the power of volunteering and philanthropy. Avery recently attended the Raphael House Founders Dinner—solo. He got dropped off [...]

When we start talking with non-profits about what they hope to achieve with their fundraising events they often reply, “We need big money from our big donors AND we need a bunch of new [...]

Accurate data management is crucial to a successful fundraising event. From entering auction item donations to sponsors and guests lists, being thorough and detail-oriented ensures that your [...]