If you rely on fundraising to serve your constituents, or if like an increasing number of nonprofit organizations you are turning to fundraising in addition to grant awards, are you prepared in the areas that experts believe are key?
Rich Dietz (senior product manager for Abila) shared his five key strategies for fundraising organizations in 2015:
- The ability to connect and engage Millennials with your organization
- Treating all donors as if they are major donors
- Mobile and online fundraising ability
- Conversion optimization (improving donation flow to raise more money)
- The ability to share the stories of your mission, constituents and organization in a very visual way
“The nonprofit sector must continue to evolve and keep pace with behavioral changes we see in society,” said Dietz. Organizations that embrace new ways of thinking, streamline their databases, create visual stories, and adjust their engagement approaches will be successful.”
More of Rich’s thoughts can be found in the full Nonprofit Times article.
In serving nonprofits in Washington State and throughout the Western United States, we’ve observed the same factors for success. We’d add a sixth element: invest in a true fund accounting software solution to track your fund whether grants or donations or both. The better your fund accounting system, the better you can respond to reporting requests – from grantors, donors, internal constituents or your board. Welter Consulting helps you with the purchase and implementation of your Abila MIP Fund Accounting software so that you can report quickly, easily and directly from the system itself (no need for creating yet another spreadsheet).
We’ve helped many organizations in Washington, Oregon, California, Montana and beyond who believed that they were too small to be able to afford a solution like Abila MIP Fund Accounting. We found a configuration and technology platform that met their needs. So whether you are a large nonprofit in Seattle or Portland, or a small nonprofit in Helena or Coeur d’Alene – Welter Consulting can help.
As part of our commitment to nonprofits regardless of size or location, we offer the Nonprofit Enrichment Series. These online webcasts are held monthly and free of charge to nonprofit organizations – click here for a complete listing.
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