Your mission needs a messenger.

Your mission needs a messenger.

Funders fund people they trust, not faceless logos. And when your personal platform reinforces your organization’s brand, visibility multiplies. Yet nonprofit leaders are trained to stay out of the spotlight. Learn why and how your own thought leadership is a fundraising strategy.

Three words, three fundraising killers.

Three words, three fundraising killers.

The three most harmful words in fundraising are marginalized, vulnerable, and empower. For a few reasons. So read why and how to avoid these most common nonprofit buzzwords. Then our donors will better understand, and our communities will be better understood.

The one-sentence theory of change.

The one-sentence theory of change.

A confused mind never funds. And the most common donor grievance we hear (by far) is that they can’t understand what you actually do. So here’s a formula to help. A simple, six-piece format to clarify and summarize your theory of change in a single sentence.