By Amy Wong – President Note from Amy: There is an endless amount of information available to nonprofits and we know how hard it is to get through it all, let alone use it to improve your organization. Our Dot Org Solutions team spends...
Then and now: All the things I have learned as a Cleveland GiveCamp volunteer
By Sara Lundenberger – Director of fundraising consulting In 2015, I wrote a very short blog about my first experience at Cleveland GiveCamp, a three-day event where volunteers come together with nonprofits to create websites, apps, databases and other...
Now is the time to start your individual giving program
By Sara Lundenberger – Director of fundraising consulting Facts and statistics found at Giving USA There are nearly 87,000 grant-making foundations in the U.S. and they give more than $60 billion every year. While these numbers sound amazing and explain why...
Grants 101: Tips and best practices from a director of fundraising consulting
By Sara Lundenberger – Director of fundraising consulting Many nonprofits rely on some sort of grant funding and some rely solely on foundations. Regardless, if you write a few grants or many grants in a year there are some constants to keep in mind. 1) There...