Why You Need to Know about the Donor Hierarchy of Needs
In a recent post I clairified why you must Make ‘Do Unto Others’ Your Nonprofit’s Golden Rule. Stop asking what your donors can do for you. Ask what you can do for your donors. Bec...
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In a recent post I clairified why you must Make ‘Do Unto Others’ Your Nonprofit’s Golden Rule. Stop asking what your donors can do for you. Ask what you can do for your donors. Bec...
Donors assume charities consent to third‑party online giving platform pages — and base their trust partly on fees and how quickly donations arrive. Here's what this donor perspecti...
Most donors aren’t looking for a relationship with your organization — they’re looking for belonging. Discover five research‑backed ways to design donor experiences that create co...
Success in major gift fundraising relies on making donor prospects an offer they can’t refuse. What’s a donor offer, you wonder? It’s what a donor receives in return for their anti...
Do donors want their gifts to cover your light bills? Staff salaries? Office supplies? The short answer is no. Donors want to make your core work happen. The boring stuff that make...
Donors expect nonprofits to know them the way Netflix and Amazon do. That means coordinated messaging across every channel — and the data infrastructure to back it up. Here's what...
Some donor relations words matter more than others. See which terms can sharpen your messaging, build trust, and improve every ask.
It’s time to bring a bit of clairity to your nonprofit culture. Is it an empathic one? Or an indifferent one? Is it a giving one? Or a greedy one? If you want gifts you must give t...
Your donation page is the "moment of truth" for every supporter. This comprehensive guide from Donorbox and Nonprofit Hub shares actionable insights on modern donor expectations, s...
Donor Liaison Intern SCharles@afsc.org Fri, 06/26/2026 - 16:40 The Donor Liaison Intern will assist the Leadership Gifts Department in donor outreach, contributing to...
Less than 5% of U.S. wealth is held in cash — yet cash makes up roughly 85% of all charitable gifts. Here's how fundraisers can close that gap by asking for what donors actually ha...
Not long ago, an appeal for help was often met with an instinctive response. A child needed surgery. A family had lost everything in a fire. A student could not afford school fees....
I really like this envelope that showed up in my mail: It has a lot going on, but there’s one thing I especially want to point out. See those two “handwritten” lines at the lower l...
After working with thousands of donor-conceived families, I have found concerns about donor siblings to be common but manageable.
Awareness alone is passive I wish I had a dime for every time a nonprofit board or staff member told me “We’re the best kept secret in town; if people knew what we do, they’d give...
California property owners are discovering that donating unwanted real estate can be easier than selling while helping charitable programs support people nationwide. The post Calif...
A single organ donor can offer a new lease of life to up to eight people facing life-threatening organ failure — a reality that remains little known among many members of society.....
Shifting politics are creating economic uncertainty for all, and it’s especially scary for U.S. nonprofits who, on average, receive about a third of their total funding from Federa...
Gen Z isn’t a future donor segment — they’re already giving and expect those moments to be fast, mobile, and seamless. Here’s how to align your online giving experience with how yo...
Every donor conversation should be co-creative. A few years ago I enrolled in an intensive coaching course. It wasn’t designed just for aspiring professional coaches, but for any...
One of the hardest things for nonprofit organizations to do is admit they need donors. That’s too bad, because donors need to be needed. Here’s an excerpt from a letter I got recen...
A donor offers a large blended gift — cash plus bequest — and your team is thrilled. But are you counting it correctly? Two variables determine what a bequest is really worth to yo...
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