Chances are great that you were besieged by emails recently about "Objective: Small Company," a program sponsored by Chase and LivingSocial to award $250,000 grants to anywhere from four to 12 small services. The target services had to function for at least 2 successive years, have less than 100 staff members, and certify as a genuine U.S. company,

Albert Einstein was quoted as saying "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stick with problems longer." Unfortunately, the world of nonprofit development can be unfocused and notoriously fickle. Plainly we are in a major economic crisis with no end in sight. The trick is not to panic. Here's how you can fulfill your objectives and, yes, eve

The majority of fundraising auctions are set up for Saturday nights. Friday is the second most popular day. However what about those other five days of the week? What's the matter with them?It's excellent to ask individuals for presents expanded over a time period: i.e. "$1000 a year for three years." This both shows you consider your cause importa

I volunteered my time for 9 years assisting a youth sports company in New Jersey. Five of those years I worked as the president of the company. It was at that time I really understood the significance of fundraising. Without fundraising our organization merely might not run. We relied greatly on those funds from equipment to everyday operations. I

The woman sitting across from me was crestfallen. The fact had actually occurred to her that there was a considerable hole in her planning. She had actually researched and followed through on the fundamentals of starting a nonprofit company and she definitely had the zeal to make a distinction. However after talking with me about the surprise expen