Cost of Fundraising Archives

4 Steps to Make Your Boss Your Fundraising Ally

June 27, 2022

Jeff Brooks

One of the common conversations in our members-only Facebook community is frustration with bosses or board members making damaging decisions about fundraising — like cutting a multi-page letter down to one page. It’s common. You’ve probably experienced it too. You…

How to Measure What Matters in Fundraising

June 6, 2022

Jeff Brooks

Fundraising, Maths of Fundraising

They say you get more of whatever you measure. It’s especially true in fundraising. But it’s easier said than done. There are a lot of things you could be measuring in fundraising. Not all of them are equally important. Some…

Do I Still Love Premiums!? (2022 update added)

January 4, 2022

Sean Triner

Direct Mail, Bequests and Legacies, Major and Mid Value Donors, Monthly Giving

Are premium direct mails still pulling their weight in donor acquisition? Direct mail, and in particular, premium direct mail, provided the largest source of new ‘one-off’ donors in Australia and New Zealand in 2016. Also, direct mail is also the…

VIDEO: How Focus on ROI Can Hobble Your Fundraising

October 12, 2020

Jeff Brooks

Maths of Fundraising

I hate to admit it, but a lot of what it takes to be smart about fundraising means doing mathematics. Not my best subject. Fortunately, it’s not super-hard math. And fortunately, we have math geeks like Sean to help us…

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Should You Dive into Direct Mail? Here’s What You Need to Know First

December 9, 2019

Sean Triner

Direct Mail, Maths of Fundraising

You’ve heard the news: Direct Mail is not dead. In fact, it’s still where much of the action is for fundraisers. Does that mean your organisation should dive into Direct Mail if you are not already doing it? Maybe. I’m…

VIDEO: How Much Do You Cost?

September 9, 2019

Sean Triner

Maths of Fundraising

Too often we treat the time of fundraising professionals like you as if it’s a free resource. But it’s not at all free. In fact, it’s the most precious and irreplaceable resource you have. And when you put a dollar…

Direct Mail: Dead, or More Alive Than Ever?

August 5, 2019

Jeff Brooks

Direct Mail

These are dark times for direct mail fundraising. Response rates are down (and have been trending lower for more than a decade). At the same time, costs of paper, printing, and postage keep going up, usually faster than inflation. And…

VIDEO: How Much Do YOU Cost Your Organisation?

November 9, 2018

Sean Triner

Maths of Fundraising

Should you write that appeal? Plan that event? Make those phone calls? Or would it be smarter to outsource it? There’s an amazingly easy way to calculate that. In this short video, I’ll show how an astoundingly complex bundle of…

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Free Toilet Paper! How Much Is It Going to Cost?

July 23, 2018

Sean Triner

Pro Bono

Someone recently asked me a very good question: Are in-kind donations part of fundraisers’ responsibility? Or is it the responsibility of a procurement officer? Charities love to get stuff for free. When I was a new fundraiser, fresh out of…

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How Cost-Effectiveness Could Destroy Your Charity

July 23, 2018

Sean Triner

Maths of Fundraising

Write down these three things: Your favourite charity — not the one you work for How you support that charity (monthly gift, volunteer, occasional donation) Why you support them Here’s mine: My favourite charity: The Sumba Foundation How I support…

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4 Steps to Make Your Boss Your Fundraising Ally

How to Measure What Matters in Fundraising

Do I Still Love Premiums!? (2022 update added)

VIDEO: How Focus on ROI Can Hobble Your Fundraising

Should You Dive into Direct Mail? Here’s What You Need to Know First

VIDEO: How Much Do You Cost?

Direct Mail: Dead, or More Alive Than Ever?

VIDEO: How Much Do YOU Cost Your Organisation?

Free Toilet Paper! How Much Is It Going to Cost?

How Cost-Effectiveness Could Destroy Your Charity

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