Hastily patching together a fundraising scheme to deal with some impending fiscal crisis is an all-too-common approach to an all-too-common problem. Unfortunately, however, donors don't write big checks just because your organization finds itself in a bind. More probably, they'll wonder how you got in this fix in the first place. Poor management? Bad business practices? Ineptitude? That's why the best place to start building a successful fundraising plan is from a position of

Let's face it. Fundraising is not about money. It's about people. It's about the right person asking the right prospect for the right amount for the right program at the right time and in the right way That's alot to get right. And, you can’t get fundraising right unless you have thought about a great many things. That definition comes from the University of Phoenix School of Philanthropy, and I couldn't agree more. Unfortunately, many nonprofits, particularly smaller nonprof