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The Fundraising Event Debate Rages On

September 17, 2015 By Nell Edgington 8 Comments

Predictably, my post last week arguing that nonprofit events aren’t efficient fundraisers caused some controversy. In particular, fundraising consultant, Gayle Gifford and I had an interesting (and very polite) debate about the post. The exchange with Gayle really made me think and further refine my argument (which is really the point of debate, right?). What our exchange […]

Financing Not Fundraising: Stop Apologizing for Needing Money

December 11, 2013 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

It becomes increasingly obvious to me that the nonprofit sector suffers from a lack of confidence. Centuries of being sidelined as “charities” while the real work of the world (business) took center stage has made the nonprofit sector continually apologize for the work they do and how they do it. Nowhere is this more true […]

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 […]

Financing Not Fundraising: Aligning Money and Mission

June 18, 2010 By Nell Edgington 4 Comments

In our ongoing series “Financing Not Fundraising,” we are exploring the argument that nonprofits need to stop fundraising and start financing social impact. The idea is that nonprofits have to break out of the narrow view that traditional FUNDRAISING (individual donor appeals, events, foundation grants) will completely fund all of their activities.  Instead, they must […]

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