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This blog is designed to provide useful analysis of fundraising practice and helpful suggestions for executives, development directors and development staff of small to medium-sized nonprofit organizations in the U.S. We'll get into the issues, and discuss some remedies for things that often block fundraising. Hopefully it will be a dialogue, and readers are invited to comment freely.
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- New Charity Start-ups (94)
- Bedtime Stories for Fundraisers (47)
- Dealing with "Founder-itis" (30)
- Board Development (18)
- Analysis of Board Dynamics (13)
- General Fundraising (13)
- Nonprofit Governance (13)
- Standards of Performance for Boards (12)
- Fundraising Management (11)
- Does a Slow Economy Hurt Fundraising? (10)
- "Founder-it is" in Nonprofits (7)
- "Founder-it is" in Nonprofits" (6)
- Special Events Follow-up (6)
- Long-term "cure" for "Founder-itis" (5)
- Michigan Nonprofits (5)
- A Story of Prospect Qualification (4)
- A story of Accountability (4)
- Fundraising Staff Accountability (4)
- Nature of Philanthropy (4)
- Case for Support (3)
- Environment for Fundraising (3)
- Nonprofits and Public Policy (3)
- Policies for Nonprofits (3)
- The Basis for Pursuing Fundraising Activity (3)
- The Long-term Cure for "Founder-itis" (3)
- Voluntary Sector and Public Policy (3)
- Why Donors Give (3)
- "Founder-itis" in Nonprofits (2)
- A story of solicitation (2)
- A tale of Infrastructure (2)
- Calls from Readers (2)
- Case for Support in Practice (2)
- Diversity in Nonprofits (2)
- Fairy Princess becomes a Board Member (2)
- More on the Problem of "Founder-it is" (2)
- New Year's Perspective on Context for Fundraising (2)
- Nonprofit Boards (2)
- Nonprofits and the Economy (2)
- Questions from Readers (2)
- Well-Rounded Fundraising Effort Succeeds Best (2)
- "All Things Fundraising" gets a start (1)
- "Found-itis" in Nonprofits (1)
- An attempt to forestall "founder-itis" (1)
- Another example of "Founder-itis" (1)
- Aspects of Board Complicity "Founder-it is" (1)
- Aspects of Governance in "Founder-it is" (1)
- Board Decision-making on fundraising infrastructure (1)
- Boards cannot do deliberative thought (1)
- Charities and Public Policy (1)
- Charity in a World Perspective (1)
- Completing six steps to good decisions (1)
- Continuing the theme of "founder-it is" (1)
- Decision hidden in the budget (1)
- Does the CEO have a prayer of succeeing in this? (1)
- Example of Volunteers in the field (1)
- Factors that affect Board decision-making (1)
- Finding a long-term "cure" for "Founder-itis" (1)
- General Consulting (1)
- General Fundraaising Consulting (1)
- Getting started with Boards (1)
- Giving to Charity (1)
- Leadership in Clarity and Transparency (1)
- Managing and Evaluating Volunteers (1)
- More on "Founder-it is" (1)
- New Approaches to Philanthropy (1)
- New Cohorts of Donors (1)
- No post today (1)
- Nonprofit Management (1)
- Personal Visits to Donor/Prospects (1)
- Psycho-dynamics (1)
- Strategic Planning Ideas (1)
- Technique for getting Board to make good decisions (1)
- What to do with Volunteers when you Find Them (1)
- Where to Find Volunteers (1)
- Why Boards can't do deliberative thought (1)
- Why Use Volunteers? (1)
- Why shouldn't Pipedreams happen? (1)
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About the Author
- All Things Fundraising
- Fundraising professional with 30 years in the business, eleven of them in my own practice. Over $50 million raised so far. Practicing mostly in Michigan. Adjunct Faculty member for Eastern Michigan University, teaching Nonprofit Management courses. Board Member and President-Elect for Greater Detroit Chapter of Association of Fundraising Professionals. See my website for full resume.
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Founderitis
Organizations grow in stages
Board of Directors
Nonprofit CEOs
Nonprofit founder as CEO
Charismatic founder if the CEO
Nonprofit leadership.
discipline for founder/executive.
Micro-managing boards.
Boards eschew fundraising role.
Boards and strategic planning.
Ten keys to strategic planning
Role of the governing board
Founders syndrome described
Organizations grow in stages
Board of Directors
Nonprofit CEOs
Nonprofit founder as CEO
Charismatic founder if the CEO
Nonprofit leadership.
discipline for founder/executive.
Micro-managing boards.
Boards eschew fundraising role.
Boards and strategic planning.
Ten keys to strategic planning
Role of the governing board
Founders syndrome described
What is Philanthropy Solutions, LLC.??
Philanthropy Solutions, LLC. provides fundraising consulting and training to help nonprofits raise more money.
We do development audits, feasibility studies and strategic development planning to find new prospects to identify new money.
Philanthropy Solutions, LLC. is a fundraising consulting firm that is dedicated to helping your nonprofit organization raise more money.
We work with our clients to reveal their fundraising potential and help them find new donors and new contributions. There are many ways we can do this.
Scope of This Blog
This blog by John G. Fike, CFRE, President of Philanthropy Solutions, LLC, discusses all aspects of fundraising for nonprofit organizations, with particular emphasis on helping fundraising professionals, executives and board members of small to medium-sized nonprofits learn how to raise more money.
Institutional development and the enhancement of fundraising capacity is a central concern.
I am constantly trying to help our nonprofits raise more money. In order to do that, we need to tackle some critical issues in a wide variety of fields, many of which seem only tangential to fundraising but impact the fundraising effort significantly.
Institutional development and the enhancement of fundraising capacity is a central concern.
I am constantly trying to help our nonprofits raise more money. In order to do that, we need to tackle some critical issues in a wide variety of fields, many of which seem only tangential to fundraising but impact the fundraising effort significantly.
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