Diversity, Equity, Inclusion for Nonprofit Fundraising Success

Nonprofits of all sizes have turned to adopt and/or expand their online fundraising options to engage with donors and continue to raise funds to support their mission. So, how can you optimize your online fundraising tools to capture data that can ultimately help you cultivate more donors, increase donations and drive deeper engagement with your supporters? We’re here to make it simple. Join this webinar to learn how to implement technology to collect more data and utilize that data to connect with donors, grow revenue in less time & cost while exceeding donor expectations. For those not-so-tech-savvy fundraisers and nonprofit leaders, find out some easy ways digital technology can be used to support and increase fundraising efforts.

The Two Fundraising Cultures model is a systems archetype which mirrors similar behavioral patterns that are observable in many other aspects of our personal and professional lives. For our purposes, the “shifting the burden archetype” distinguishes between a fundraising culture that consistently shifts the burden for additional support to initial and often trivial gifts versus a culture that relies on meaningful relationships as the pathway to meaningful and significant levels of support.

Crowdfunding has quickly become a new tool in the fundraising toolbox. It allows nonprofits to leverage their networks to raise more money, faster, from a larger audience and is changing the face of nonprofit fundraising as donors welcome a more engaged approached to giving. Forbes reported that 30% of the $5 billion crowdfunded went to social causes, and this trend will continue to rise.

Open, honest, and transparent communication with grantee partners can help minimize power imbalances and help foster a sense of mutual transparency and accountability that is critical to our success as grantmakers. Ultimately, if we want to cultivate honest funder-grantee relationships, we must embrace and prioritize our own ability to be transparent and responsive. In this live, online event, we'll hear from leaders in the field about tactical ways to embrace transparency, the "faceplant" moments they've had along the way, and how they and their foundations have benefited from taking a more transparent approach. We'll explore questions such as: How can you be more transparent with prospective grantees about what you do and don’t fund? How can we strive for transparency with current grantees, especially if it has to do with making changes to your funding strategies? How can we remain responsive to our grantee partners amidst our very busy schedules and crowded inboxes? And… What might we be missing even when we think we’re being transparent and responsive? The knowledge that this panel will share will be of interest to any and all staff levels of community, corporate, and independent & family foundations.