Mission Driven Fundraising
By Joanne Fritz, About.com Guide to Nonprofit Charitable Orgs
Like sales, fundraising is not hard if one is dedicated to the mission of the organization.
- Fundraising During a Recession
- How Do Nonprofits Raise the Funds They Need?
- Keeping Your Donors Happy
- Raising Funds Online
Fundraising During a Recession

Times are tough, but there are ways to keep raising the funds your nonprofit needs.
- The Nonprofit Hard Times Survival Guide
- Nonprofit Survival Course: Lessons from the Recession
- Giving USA Report Yields Insights Into What Fundraisers Should Do Now
- Should Nonprofits Save Money by Cutting Back on Staff and Using Volunteers?
How Do Nonprofits Raise the Funds They Need?

Fundraising is the meat and potatoes of a nonprofit. Luckily there are a lot of choices about how to go about it. Find out the best ways and match the right ones to your organization.
- Fundraising Fundamentals
- Why Older Donors Matter
- Fundraising Plan for a New Nonprofit
- How To Write a Grant Proposal
- How to Approach Small Family Foundations
- How to Make Your Letter of Inquiry a Winner
- Nonprofit Writing 101
- Top 5 Tips for Successful Foundation Funding
- Cause-Related Marketing: What You Need to Know
- How Can My Small Charity Get Corporate Sponsorships?
- How to Do Product Fundraising Right
Keeping Your Donors Happy

Once you have donors, the best thing is to keep them. It is easier and cheaper to retain donors and even upgrade them gradually to larger donations than to find and cultivate new ones.
- Top 10 Tips On the Fine Art of Cultivating Donors
- Donation Thank You Letters That Seal the Deal
- The Art of Recognizing and Thanking Your Donors
- Attract More Donors by Improving Your Trustworthiness Score
- 6 Actions You Can Take to Make Your Nonprofit More Transparent
- How to Write Better Fundraising Materials
Raising Funds Online

Online fundraising is the wave of the future. Already it is making a dent in direct mail fundraising, and, as the “wired” generation matures, online may become the dominant form of fundraising.

