Nonprofit Fundraising Resources
Fundraising tips, strategies and best practices from expert contributors to our blog and newsletter.
Boards + Leadership
- All A-Board! How Do I Match Myself to a Board Position?
- Hybrid Board Meetings: What You Need to Know to Be Efficient
- Managing Board Expectations: A Two-Way Street
- The Board Scorecard – What’s Your Nonprofit’s Score?
- Giving USA 2019: Americans gave $427.71 billion to charity in 2018 during a complicated year for charitable giving
- Create Charitable Giving Magic – Without a Wand
- You Can Change Board Conversations Around Philanthropy By Using the Fundraising Fitness Test
- Salvation Army Advisory Boards: In the Vanguard of the “Army Behind the Army”
- Women as Leaders
- Fundraising for your Botanical Gardens: If I Can Do It…
- Philanthropy is Business…and That’s OK
- Tax Reform is Here, but without the Universal Charitable Deduction
- Making the Case for a Young Advisory Board
- Join JB+A, U.S. Trust and Nonprofit Connect for Dr. Amir Pasic on Thursday, September 14
- Top Five Ways Nonprofits Can Use Giving USA
Campaign Planning + Management
- University of Central Missouri Secures Oliphant Trust Funding for Historic Hendricks Hall Renovation
- Campaign Planning Studies: Is NOW the Right Time?
- Giving USA 2019: Americans gave $427.71 billion to charity in 2018 during a complicated year for charitable giving
- The Campaign Planning Study: Putting More Action into your Study
- You Can Change Board Conversations Around Philanthropy By Using the Fundraising Fitness Test
- Is Your Nonprofit in Shape? Don’t Miss Erik Daubert and The Fundraising Fitness Test in Kansas City
- Fundraising for your Botanical Gardens: If I Can Do It…
- Jeffrey Byrne to Speak at DonorPerfect Community Network Conference
- Don’t Commit Fundraising Malpractice
- Great Capital Campaigns Have Great Business Plans
- Register Now for JB+A’s Latest Workshop
- Five Secrets to Capital Campaign Success
- Year End Appeals
Capacity Building
- BP+A Client Spotlight: The Transition Academy
- How to Boost Donor Loyalty with Your Email Campaigns
- 4 Tech-Fueled Strategies to Elevate Your Nonprofit’s Image
- Good News From Blackbaud: The Blackbaud Institute Reports Largest Growth in Giving since 2012
- More than just Fundraising Consultants: How Three Decades as an Executive Director Prepared me for the World of Fundraising
- Partner Spotlight: Kansas City Autism Training Center
- Client Success Story: KC Mayor Appoints Swope Health CEO, Jeron Ravin, to COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force
- Fundraising on the Front Lines: Virtual Fundraising Success Stories in the Age of Social Distancing – with Susan Tideman + Laura Berger
- Six Steps to Fundraising Success in the Post-COVID “New Normal”
- Is Nonprofit Collaboration Right for You? Probably!
- Giving USA 2019: Americans gave $427.71 billion to charity in 2018 during a complicated year for charitable giving
- What Was Giving Up To in 2018?
- Last Minute Tax Considerations to Save Donors Money in April!
- Mindful Fundraising in Membership Organizations
- #GivingTuesday – A Kickoff to the Giving Season
Donor Cultivation
- Giving USA Special Report on Giving By Generation: Examining the Shifts in Giving Among Donor Generations
- Big Money from Tech: A New Playbook for Philanthropy
- How to Boost Donor Loyalty with Your Email Campaigns
- 5 Reasons to Continue Optimizing Virtual Fundraising in 2022
- 4 Tech-Fueled Strategies to Elevate Your Nonprofit’s Image
- 501c Success Series with Sandra Swirski: Cryptocurrency and 2022 Political Impact on the Nonprofit Sector
- Fundraising Software: 7 Essential Features to Prioritize
- Donor Retention vs. Acquisition: What You Need to Know
- Why Major Gifts? Why Now?
- University of Central Missouri Secures Oliphant Trust Funding for Historic Hendricks Hall Renovation
- Mackenzie Scott Calling, Are You Ready to Answer?
- Prospect Research: A Guide for Development Offices
- How to Attract Mega-Philanthropy – No Matter Your Organization’s Size
- Take the Plunge into Planned Giving in 2021
- What Fundraisers Can Learn From Political Campaigns
Grant Development
- Client Success Story: KCMO Health Department Receives $7,100,000 Grant from U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention to Improve Services
- Aim4Peace, a violence intervention and prevention program, Receives $2,000,000 to Help Reduce Gun Violence in KC
- Client Success Story: Islamic Center of St. Joseph Receives $148,000 Grant for Security Improvements from MO Department of Public Safety
- Client Success Story: Missouri Valley College Receives $1,200,000 from the U.S. Department of Education
- Client Success Story: Northland Healthcare Access’ “Healthy Pregnancies Program” Receives Full Funding from City of KCMO
- Client Success Story: Swope Health Secures $1.4M Mabee Challenge Grant
- 501c Success Series with Wendy Guillies, Kauffman Foundation – Working Together for Systems Change through Philanthropy
- Client Success Story: Guadalupe Centers Receives Massive Grants to Fight COVID-19
- Client Success Story: KC Kosher Meals on Wheels Funds Growth with Mabee Foundation Grant
- Client Success Story: KC Kosher Meals on Wheels Secures Sunderland Foundation Grant
- Partner Spotlight: The Willow Domestic Violence Shelter
- Grant Writing 101: Professor Morning Glory Explains it All
- Partner Spotlight: Kansas City Autism Training Center
- Make Your Grants Successful in 2021: Top 4 Tips Before You Hit Submit
- Client Success Story: Santa Fe Area Council Receives Funding to Revitalize Historic KC Neighborhood
Giving USA
- Giving USA Special Report on Giving By Generation: Examining the Shifts in Giving Among Donor Generations
- Top 5 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Giving USA 2022
- Giving USA 2022: Americans gave a record $484.85 billion to charity in 2021 thanks to a strong stock market and GDP
- Top 5 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Giving USA 2021
- Giving USA 2021: Americans gave a record $471.44 billion to charity in 2020 during an uncertain and challenging year
- 501c Success Series with Rachel Hutchisson, Blackbaud – Generosity in 2020 and the Future Ecosystem of Good
- Top Five Ways Nonprofits Can Use Giving USA 2020
- GIVING USA 2020: AMERICANS GAVE $449.64 BILLION TO CHARITY IN 2019
- An Understudied Area of Philanthropy – A New Special Report from Giving USA Foundation Investigates the Planned Giving Donor
- Giving USA 2019: Americans gave $427.71 billion to charity in 2018 during a complicated year for charitable giving
- Giving USA 2019: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2018 – Coming to Kansas City June 21
- Save the Dates! 501(c)Success National Speaker Series
- Giving USA 2018: What Did Americans Give to Charity in 2017?
- Economic Trends, Philanthropy and Civil Society: Dr. Patrick Rooney and Giving USA 2018 in Kansas City
- Giving USA 2018: Americans gave $410.02 Billion to Charity in 2017
Legal + Legislative + Tax
- Congressional Earmark Funding – Ready, Set, Go!
- Public/Private Partnerships for the WIN!
- Midterms, the Charitable Sector + the Voter
- $6,000,000 in Federal Funding Awarded to Byrne Pelofsky Clients
- 501c Success Series with Sandra Swirski: Cryptocurrency and 2022 Political Impact on the Nonprofit Sector
- Congressional Earmarks are Back: What it means for nonprofits
- The American Rescue Plan – How does the Biden Stimulus Package Help Nonprofits?
- What Fundraisers Can Learn From Political Campaigns
- Client Success Story: Swope Health Services Secures CARES Act Funding
- Giving USA 2019: Americans gave $427.71 billion to charity in 2018 during a complicated year for charitable giving
- Last Minute Tax Considerations to Save Donors Money in April!
- Moving the Needle: What Might Be Possible for Philanthropy in America?
- Tax Reform is Here, but without the Universal Charitable Deduction
- Legislative Update: How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Might Affect your Nonprofit
- Response from the Charitable Giving Coalition to H.R. 1, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Major Gift Solicitation
- Big Money from Tech: A New Playbook for Philanthropy
- Donor Retention vs. Acquisition: What You Need to Know
- Why Major Gifts? Why Now?
- How to Reduce Churn + Proactively Manage Your Giving Program
- Mackenzie Scott Calling, Are You Ready to Answer?
- Virtual and Hybrid Fundraising Events: What We’ve Learned and Where We’re Going
- Partner Spotlight: The Willow Domestic Violence Shelter
- How to Attract Mega-Philanthropy – No Matter Your Organization’s Size
- Fundraising on the Front Lines: Virtual Fundraising Success Stories in the Age of Social Distancing – with Susan Tideman + Laura Berger
- Six Steps to a Successful (Virtual) Solicitation
- Giving USA 2019: Americans gave $427.71 billion to charity in 2018 during a complicated year for charitable giving
- Create Charitable Giving Magic – Without a Wand
- Mindful Fundraising in Membership Organizations
- The Campaign Planning Study: Putting More Action into your Study
- Don’t Fear DAFs (Donor-Advised Funds)
Nonprofit Marketing
- Your Nonprofit Website: 4 Tips for Boosting Conversions
- Client Partner Spotlight: After the Harvest Celebrates Earth Day
- Virtual and Hybrid Fundraising Events: What We’ve Learned and Where We’re Going
- #GivingTuesday – A Kickoff to the Giving Season
- #GivingTuesday: November 27, 2018
- Nonprofit Staff Development: Not a Nicety, A Necessity
- Fundraising Trends in 2018
- #GivingTuesday Is Right Around the Corner
- Is Your Ask Using the Right Emotional Messages?
- I Spy…in the Sky…#GivingTuesday 2015
- YES! Nonprofits Can Hashtag
- Answering Difficult Questions During the Fundraising Process
Organizational + Personal Development
- Nonprofit Performance Reviews: 4 Best Practices
- Fundraising Software: 7 Essential Features to Prioritize
- Take Fundraising in Your Membership Organization to the Next Level
- Grant Writing 101: Professor Morning Glory Explains it All
- Happy Birthday to Byrne Pelofsky!
- UNI Seeks Director of Development
- Create Charitable Giving Magic – Without a Wand
- Little Things Make the Difference
- You Can Change Board Conversations Around Philanthropy By Using the Fundraising Fitness Test
- Nonprofit Staff Development: Not a Nicety, A Necessity
- Is Your Nonprofit in Shape? Don’t Miss Erik Daubert and The Fundraising Fitness Test in Kansas City
- Chief Advancement Officer Opportunity with JB+A Client PKD Foundation
- Giving USA 2018: Americans gave $410.02 Billion to Charity in 2017
- Giving USA: Interesting Reading or Fundraising Guide?
- Salvation Army Advisory Boards: In the Vanguard of the “Army Behind the Army”
Planned Giving
- Take Fundraising in Your Membership Organization to the Next Level
- More than just Fundraising Consultants: How Three Decades as an Executive Director Prepared me for the World of Fundraising
- Take the Plunge into Planned Giving in 2021
- A Fundraising Mantra During COVID-19: Keep in Touch with Your Donors
- An Understudied Area of Philanthropy – A New Special Report from Giving USA Foundation Investigates the Planned Giving Donor
- Giving USA 2019: Americans gave $427.71 billion to charity in 2018 during a complicated year for charitable giving
- Last Minute Tax Considerations to Save Donors Money in April!
- Mindful Fundraising in Membership Organizations
- Art, Science, Success: Creating Opportunity for Prospect Development in Your Organization
- Fundraising for your Botanical Gardens: If I Can Do It…
- Donor-Advised Funds: Stronger than Ever
- Charitable Distributions from your IRA
- Tax Reform: What’s the Nonprofit Sector Saying?
- Essentials to Starting a Planned Giving Program
- Register Now for JB+A’s Latest Workshop
Prospect Research
- Prospect Research: A Guide for Development Offices
- How to Attract Mega-Philanthropy – No Matter Your Organization’s Size
- Grant Writing + Prospect Research = The Perfect Pair
- Is Your Nonprofit in Shape? Don’t Miss Erik Daubert and The Fundraising Fitness Test in Kansas City
- Fundraising Big Data with DonorPerfect Online
- Art, Science, Success: Creating Opportunity for Prospect Development in Your Organization
- Do Your Homework, Sit Still and LISTEN
- Is Your Ask Using the Right Emotional Messages?
- Just Ask.
- Jeffrey D. Byrne Says “Follow the Money” in Kansas City Star Column
- Jeffrey Byrne to Speak at DonorPerfect Community Network Conference
- Don’t Commit Fundraising Malpractice
- What Women Want…In Philanthropy
- March 22: 2016 501 (c) Success National Speaker Series – Dr. Debra Mesch, Women’s Philanthropy Institute
- Donor-Advised Funds: Parking or Philanthropy?
Stewardship
- How to Reduce Churn + Proactively Manage Your Giving Program
- Mackenzie Scott Calling, Are You Ready to Answer?
- Fundraising on the Front Lines: Virtual Fundraising Success Stories in the Age of Social Distancing – with Susan Tideman + Laura Berger
- Giving USA 2019: Americans gave $427.71 billion to charity in 2018 during a complicated year for charitable giving
- Create Charitable Giving Magic – Without a Wand
- Last Minute Tax Considerations to Save Donors Money in April!
- Mindful Fundraising in Membership Organizations
- #GivingTuesday – A Kickoff to the Giving Season
- Don’t Fear DAFs (Donor-Advised Funds)
- Fundraising Fitness Test Guru Led a Workout in KC
- You Can Change Board Conversations Around Philanthropy By Using the Fundraising Fitness Test
- Nonprofit Staff Development: Not a Nicety, A Necessity
- Is Your Nonprofit in Shape? Don’t Miss Erik Daubert and The Fundraising Fitness Test in Kansas City
- A Remarkable Act of Generosity
- Fundraising for your Botanical Gardens: If I Can Do It…
Strategic Planning
- Good News From Blackbaud: The Blackbaud Institute Reports Largest Growth in Giving since 2012
- Take Fundraising in Your Membership Organization to the Next Level
- Giving USA 2019: Americans gave $427.71 billion to charity in 2018 during a complicated year for charitable giving
- Mindful Fundraising in Membership Organizations
- The Campaign Planning Study: Putting More Action into your Study
- Nonprofit Staff Development: Not a Nicety, A Necessity
- Is Your Nonprofit in Shape? Don’t Miss Erik Daubert and The Fundraising Fitness Test in Kansas City
- Philanthropy is Business…and That’s OK
- Tax Reform is Here, but without the Universal Charitable Deduction
- Creating Philanthropic Impact through Strong Nonprofits
- “Interim CEO”: Frequently an Integral Element to a Successful Transition
- The Need for Estate Planning
- A PESTy Assessment Tool For Your Organization
Technology
- 4 Tech-Fueled Strategies to Elevate Your Nonprofit’s Image
- Your Nonprofit Website: 4 Tips for Boosting Conversions
- Top 3 Tips for Executing a Successful Online Giving Campaign
- #GivingTuesday – A Kickoff to the Giving Season
- #GivingTuesday: November 27, 2018
- You Can Change Board Conversations Around Philanthropy By Using the Fundraising Fitness Test
- Nonprofit Staff Development: Not a Nicety, A Necessity
- Fundraising Big Data with DonorPerfect Online
- Fundraising Trends in 2018
- It’s #GivingTuesday! Have you joined the movement?
- #GivingTuesday: Behold…Billboards!
- #GivingTuesday Is Right Around the Corner
- Community Crowdfunding: Together, We Can Do More
- Help your nonprofit make the most of #GivingTuesday 2016: 501 (c) Success with Asha Curran – September 15, 2016
- Don’t Commit Fundraising Malpractice
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