Fear, we all experience it. Large major gift campaigns instill fear into every one of us. We can accomplish all the tasks we assign ourselves — forming a compelling and urgent case, identifying the prospective donors, recruiting the leadership, developing a solid plan…but success boils down to asking donors for financial investment.
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We offer a range of custom nonprofit consulting services to help you grow a successful fundraising program, strengthen your overall mission, and create a greater impact in your community.
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We teach and mentor nonprofit leaders to raise more money.
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10-Year Impact Statements and Plan Activation
Donors want to see direct nonprofit impact. They want to see the same bright future you’re envisioning, and they want to help you get there. Working with LBH, we can help build a 10-Year Impact Statement in a targeted, measurable way that will underpin the next strategic plan, and create a clear picture of the “perfect” state of a nonprofit in 10 years to motivate all stakeholders. This is vitally important, leadership-driven work for the future of all nonprofits!
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We offer a range of custom nonprofit consulting services to help you grow a successful fundraising program, strengthen your overall mission, and create a greater impact in your community.
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Do You Know Your Organization’s “Why?”
Do you know your organization’s “why?” I’m sure you know what your nonprofit does, and even how it does it, but could you describe why? More importantly, could you articulate it to a potential major donor? What about a new board member? A fellow fundraiser?
If the answer is yes, let’s go further: do you think if that same major donor asked the same question to three different people in your organization, they would give the same answer?
Read More →The Color of Philanthropy: A New Dawn for Development Professionals of Color
I firmly believe that a new era has dawned for emerging fundraising professionals of color.
Reflecting on the early days of my career, I stumbled into this field with little understanding that a non-profit fundraising career even existed. In 1990, fresh out of undergrad, I took on the role of a departmental secretary in alumni relations at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. I was not only the sole Black individual in alumni relations but also on the fundraising side of the massive alumni and development shop.
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