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Year-end fundraising planning that begins in October is already behind. The organizations that raise the most in the final quarter start building their plan in the summer, while there’s still time to schedule major donor visits, prepare the board, and confirm campaign timing before the calendar turns against them. This is what a full year-end […]

The right time to launch a capital campaign is when four things line up: a compelling vision, demonstrated donor support, strong leadership, and staff with room to take this on. That’s a different question from whether a campaign is financially needed and possible. This is about timing, and nonprofits mix the two up more often […]

A major donor visit needs three things to go well: specific research on the donor beforehand, a clear ask you’re prepared to make, and a follow-up plan you commit to before you leave the room. Skipping any one of the three is the most common reason a promising visit doesn’t turn into a gift. Fall […]

A nonprofit board retreat built for year-end fundraising needs four things on the agenda: an honest pipeline review, clear fundraising roles for individual board members, a candid look at whether your signature event still earns its place on the calendar, and enough time for questions instead of a rushed presentation. Skip any of these and […]

Capital campaign readiness rests on three financial markers, checked before a single donor conversation happens: reserves that can absorb a slower fundraising year, revenue that doesn’t depend too heavily on one source, and a clean, current audit history. An organization missing more than one of these isn’t unready forever, but it isn’t ready to launch […]

A development director transition before year-end requires three immediate decisions: who takes over major donor relationships in the interim, whether the search should start now or wait until after the calendar year closes, and how much of the existing year-end plan can realistically stay on schedule. Getting these three right in the first two weeks […]

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The Dozoretz Hospice House of Hampton Roads was a vision 10 years in the making. That takes real dedication! It began in 2015 when two local families who traveled out of state to accompany loved ones in their final days of in-patient hospice care became aware of the absence of such services in the region. Community leaders, […]