More than Fundraising

When you think of fundraising, what are the first words that come to mind? Revenue generation? Absolutely! Diversification? You bet! Annual Gala? Yay, fancy!

What about transparency and accountability? Crisis communications? Legal and regulatory environment? If you answered no to any of the last three, your fundraising strategy is missing key areas. The truth is, effective fundraising requires more than just donor cultivation, moves management principles and pipelines. Effective fundraising requires strong internal controls and transparency and accountability to ensure that existing and potential new donors feel confident that their contributions are being properly spent. It requires having a ‘ready to activate playbook’ on how your organization will communicate during rapidly changing circumstances. It requires a deep understanding of the legal and regulatory environment to protect your organization's tax exempt status, to ensure proper handling of donations and to protect from it from baseless investigations.

Effective fundraising requires a holistic, organization-wide approach. Failure to address these key areas of resilience could, at best, leave potential funding on the table. At worst, it could result in critical vulnerabilities and has the potential to undermine your entire organization's work.

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