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Financing Not Fundraising: Enlighten Your Donors

September 19, 2013 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

It used to be that a nonprofit leader receiving a check from a donor would smile politely, say a big “Thank You” and go on her way. But just as (seemingly) every aspect of the world as we know it is changing, so too is philanthropy.  We are starting to question long-held assumptions about how […]

Advancing Philanthropy: Moving from Fundraising to Financing

July 16, 2013 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Note: I wrote the following article for the Summer Issue of Advancing Philanthropy. You can download the Nonprofit Finance section of the magazine, of which this article is part, on the Association of Fundraising Professionals website here. It has been a really difficult few years for nonprofits, particularly their fundraisers. But the bad news is […]

Financing Not Fundraising: How to Calculate Opportunity Cost

June 25, 2013 By Nell Edgington 3 Comments

There is a calculation (in addition to the cost of fundraising which I’ve discussed before) that I would love more nonprofits to do. And that is to calculate the opportunity costs of a decision. An opportunity cost is the value (money, time, resources) of the next best option when you make a choice between two […]

Why I Choose Google+

May 22, 2013 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

The constantly evolving world of social media can be absolutely exhausting. You want to keep up, but how can you when the number of sites grows every day? And each site competes with the others on look, functionality, audience size. I’ve finally decided to take the advice of many and focus my time on a […]

Financing Not Fundraising: Recruit a Money Raising Board

May 1, 2013 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

One of the biggest woes of a nonprofit leader, aside from the endless fundraising circuit, is an ineffective board, particularly when it comes to fundraising. But you cannot just recruit a bunch of warm bodies to your board and then assume that they will magically bring money in the door. If you want your board […]

A Contest to Help Your Nonprofit Raise More Money

April 29, 2013 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am leading a Financing Not Fundraising E-Course for nonprofit leaders who are ready to create a more sustainable financial engine for their nonprofit. I would like to give one nonprofit that can’t afford the registration fee the opportunity to participate in the class for free. But because […]

Moving From Fundraising to Financing

April 24, 2013 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

I’ve had a lot of great questions about the upcoming Financing Not Fundraising E-Course for nonprofit leaders. So I created a video that breaks the e-course down and explains exactly how it will work. The Financing Not Fundraising E-Course is an excellent opportunity for nonprofits stuck in the starvation cycle to figure out what they […]

Stop Rolling the Nonprofit Fundraising Dice

April 8, 2013 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

It happens all too often. A nonprofit executive director called me the other day because they have just completed a beautiful strategic plan with some exciting goals and a new direction for the organization, but they don’t know how to bring the money in the door to make the plan a reality. They don’t have […]

Financing Not Fundraising: Break Free From the Starvation Cycle

March 27, 2013 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

The other day I met with a nonprofit leader (let’s call her June) who has a great idea for an earned income venture that fits directly with her mission, but she doesn’t have the start-up capital to launch. When she explained this to me, she threw up her hands as if to say, “I’m powerless […]

Stop Beating Your Head Against the Nonprofit Fundraising Wall

February 27, 2013 By Nell Edgington 3 Comments

I was in Atlanta last week speaking at NeighborWorks America’s National Fundraising Symposium. I really love speaking to nonprofit staff and board members who are in the trenches trying to raise money for their organizations. The same thing that happened in Atlanta always happens. The group started out tired, uninspired, worn out with fundraising. But […]

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