Correction. You were an artist. Now you’re an artist and a business person, so get over yourself.
Archives for the month of: March, 2012
Everybody wants an angel.
Along with “why don’t we just get some grants” it’s the top comment from new small nfp clients– “We just need an angel.”
Well that’s great, and if you’ve got one in (with?) the wings with a few extra $zeros lying around to give to you, go for it.
For planning purposes, I give donors a “shelf life” of 5 years. In other words, I assume 100% turnover of my entire donor base every five years .
Especially in small and even mid-sized organizations, there’s a perception that development is a support function–those are the people that set up those annoying auctions, and that know when the proposal is due.
Never doubt it, development is a core activity of your nonprofit endeavor, and there’s a reason we don’t just call it “fundraising” anymore.
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