TWB Fundraising Blog

November 1, 2017

Development Dilemma: Fundraising with Volunteers

In our weekly column, consultants with decades of nonprofit experience answer your questions about...

October 25, 2017

Development Dilemma: Counting & Recognizing Planned Gifts in Campaigns

In our weekly column, consultants with decades of nonprofit experience answer your questions about...

August 30, 2017

Build a Better Board: Nonprofit Board Recruitment

Written by Nora Kyger

Effective boards are a result of the alchemy of many factors: advocacy, engagement, securing...

August 23, 2017

Development Dilemma: When to Start a Major Gifts Program

Nonprofits that typically rely on revenue from special event fundraisers, grants, and direct mail...

August 16, 2017

How Much Should Nonprofits Spend on Fundraising?

In our weekly column, consultants with decades of nonprofit experience answer your questions about...

August 9, 2017

Development Dilemmas: Supervising a Development Officer

Written by Don Souhrada

In our weekly column, consultants with decades of nonprofit experience answer your questions about...

July 31, 2017

Development Dilemma: Turning Art Donors Into Cash Donors

Written by Gene Brandt

In our weekly column, consultants with decades of nonprofit experience answer your questions about...

February 8, 2017

Six Ways to Retain Your Talented Fundraising Staff

Why is it that development professionals change jobs every few years? In our profession, we’ve come...

August 25, 2016

What’s the Real Impact of Social Impact Bonds?

Written by Amy Funk

In the past ten years, social entrepreneurship has grown from a theoretical model to an outright...

July 13, 2016

Six of the Biggest Challenges on the Horizon for Nonprofits

Written by Clyde Watkins

One of our roles as consultants is to help our clients maintain focus on long-term strategy. The...

May 3, 2016

Seven Characteristics of Successful Campaign Volunteers

Written by Clyde Watkins

You will never achieve a 100% success rate in recruiting successful volunteers, despite everyone's...

March 25, 2016

How Conducting A Benchmarking Study Can Transform Your Fundraising

Written by Nora Kyger

A lot of organizations make some pretty big assumptions about their development programs. These...