nonprofit
Prompts tagged with "nonprofit"
Report Your Impact Without Overclaiming
Turns program data into an impact report that distinguishes what you counted from what changed, is honest about attribution, and still makes a comp...
Build a Volunteer Program That Doesn't Burn People Out
Designs roles worth someone's Saturday, screens appropriately for the risk involved, and fixes the retention problems that make volunteer programs ...
Get Your Board to Help With Fundraising
Turns a give/get expectation into specific tasks board members will actually do, matched to what each person is willing and able to contribute. Use...
Recruit a Board That Fills Your Actual Gaps
Builds a skills-and-connections matrix, finds what your board is genuinely missing, and writes the role description and recruitment conversation. U...
Move a Donor Toward a Major Gift
Plans the sequence from interest to ask for one specific donor — what to learn, who should ask, how much, and the exact words — with the follow-thr...
Build a Monthly Giving Program Worth the Setup
Designs a recurring giving program — the ask, the levels, the failed-payment recovery, and the stewardship that keeps people enrolled — and tests w...
Keep Donors From Lapsing and Win Back the Ones Who Did
Builds the second-gift path that most donors never get, sets lapse triggers you can act on, and decides which lapsed donors are worth reactivating....
Write an Annual Appeal That Doesn't Sound Like Everyone Else's
Builds a year-end or annual appeal around one specific story and a concrete ask, segmented so lapsed, new and loyal donors don't all get the same l...
Write the Grant Report Your Funder Will Actually Read
Reports honestly against what you promised, including the parts that underperformed, and turns the report into the beginning of the renewal convers...
Build a Program Budget That Includes What It Really Costs
Builds a program budget with shared costs allocated honestly and indirect costs actually claimed, instead of the underfunded version that starves t...
Write a Letter of Inquiry That Gets You Invited to Apply
Fits the problem, the ask, the fit and the evidence into the two pages a program officer will read, and leads with what the funder cares about rath...
Find Foundation Funders Worth Applying To
Builds a prospect list from what foundations have actually funded rather than what their website says, using 990-PF grant records, and ranks by fit...
Build a Theory of Change That Survives a Funder's Questions
Maps activities to outputs to outcomes with the assumptions made explicit and the weak links named, so the logic holds up under scrutiny. Use it be...
Write a Case for Support People Will Actually Give To
Builds the master fundraising document your appeals, grants and major-gift conversations all draw from — anchored on the donor's role in the outcom...