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Setting Up a Year-End Crypto Giving Campaign: Platform Walkthrough & Best Practices
A step-by-step guide with promotion language for crypto donors, a four-email sequence, notes for European nonprofits, and more.
If your year-end fundraising plan includes a crypto donations line item that says “TBD,” this issue’s for you.
When Grants Get Rejected: How to Ask for Feedback and Use It
The decline email always arrives at the worst possible moment.
Picture the scene: 4:45pm on a Friday, right after you told your executive director the proposal “felt really strong.”
Take the weekend before you respond. Feel the sting. Th...
The Major Gift Conversation: Talking Stock, Crypto, & DAF Gifts
Scripts for each asset type, what your gift acceptance policy needs to say, and how to raise appreciated assets without sounding like a tax advisor.
Here’s a scene we’ve all watched play out. A fundraiser has a lovely visit, the donor says...
Planning Your Grant Year: A Strategic Framework for the 12 Months Ahead
October is when grant plans get written, and it’s also when most of them get copied over. Last year’s funder list goes into a new spreadsheet, the dates get nudged forward, and everyone agrees to “go after more grants.”
That’s not a plan....
What to Do After a Decline: How to Politely Revisit and Respond to a Foundation Rejection
When a second look is worth requesting, when to let it go, and four letter templates you can adapt this week.
Let’s start with a truth that’s not always in the grant writing workshop handout. Most foundation proposal declines are final, an...
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