by Mazarine | Jan 27, 2020 | Appeals, Events, Fundraising 101, Sector-Switching, Starting a nonprofit
Are you new to fundraising? Or know someone who is? Here’s a list of common fundraising direct mail terms from my book, The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising. Feel free to bookmark this and come back to it. You will need this working with a mailhouse, and...
by Mazarine | Jan 21, 2020 | Cultivating donors, Fundraising Plan, Leadership, Rank at Work
Feel free to steal some of these fundraising resolutions to make for your own nonprofit in 2020! If you just take ONE- take number one- and number 4 and it will help you increase your unrestricted major gifts in 2020! 1. We will take the leaky bucket assessment on...
by Mazarine | Oct 21, 2019 | Appeals, Cultivating donors, Fundraising 101, women
Here I am doing what I love-being with people like you. Dedicated nonprofit folx looking to raise money AND have a good time! This photo was in Jacksonville, after a fun dinner with Trish Bautista and two AFP chairs, all incredible leaders and fundraisers! We were...
by Mazarine | Feb 19, 2019 | Book, Conflict, Leadership, women
Are you looking outside of yourself for the answers? I dare you, right now, to be your own fundraising guru. How does that look? Recently I checked my library account, and I checked out over 100 books in the last year. Did I read them all? No! But did I skim all of...
by Mazarine | Aug 15, 2018 | Appeals, Fundraising 101
So, Literary Arts, you sent an appeal letter to me. Thanks! NOW I get to critique you! YEP. You’re so lucky, really. I’m just telling you how you can be better. This particular appeal letter is from Literary Arts. Tagline: Find Your Story Here. OK what...
by Mazarine | Aug 5, 2018 | Appeals, Fundraising 101
It’s that time of year again, when I talk about appeal letters and how they can be better! If you want to make your appeal letter better, just click here and let’s chat! Here’s the appeal letter I got from a nonprofit where I used to be a monthly...