Contributed Income
TIPS & TOOLS
10 Reasons to Support the Arts in 2012
Written by Randy Cohen, a noted expert in the fields of funding, research, policy, and using the arts to address community development issues, this short but sweet article lists 10 reasons (including statistics!) to help you make your case as to why the arts matter, and more importantly, why they should be funded!
Tips and Tools: Holiday Fundraising
Given that many organizations receive approximately 41% of their annual contributions in the last few weeks of the year, this blog features five tips and tools to prepare your organization for holiday fundraising.
Tips and Tools: Cultivating Donors
Needing ideas on how to ask people for money? Fractured Atlas has a great blog post on the topic.
Utilize Your Year-End Momentum: Kick Start 2013 Fundraising
Compiled by Blackbaud, a software solutions company, this 5-page document fleshes out 10 ideas for capitalizing year-end fundraising momentum.
Fundraising Effectiveness Project
The National Center for Charitable Statistics runs the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. This project aims to give nonprofits tools for tracking and analyzing their annual contributed income numbers.
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
8 Tips for Courting Influencers the Art Basel Way (from the pARTnership Movement)
Based on the financial success of Art Basel, this article succinctly explores tips that art organizations can implement to create mutually beneficial art and business partnerships.
When “Dependency” is Not a Bad Word
Making the case for ongoing philanthropic support, Phil Buchanan, from the Center for Effective Philanthropy, explores the notion of moving from a dependency-paradigm into a long-term investment strategy.
Donor Retention Matters
Nonprofit organizations show high turnover rates on their donor roles. This pattern leads to costly fundraising.
Where you’re Going Wrong with Donor Retention
Focusing on sustainable fundraising as stewardship, this post from Clairification, is part of her SMIT series (Single Most Important Thing I have to tell you) and provides the reader with four concrete steps to donor retention.
GIVING TRENDS
Year-End Giving Trends
Charity Navigator explores the importance of year-end giving and provides insight into the motivating factors that prompt donors to give during the holiday season.
Crowdfunding 101: A Comparative Look at Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Razoo
Think that a nonprofit can’t use crowdfunding platforms? Think again! The Nonprofit Quarterly breaks down the major players and how you can effectively use crowdfunding to support specific projects.
Winning Over the Crowd
Crowdfunding — What works and what doesn’t? The good news is that Dance and Theater projects have the greatest success rate!
Are you M-Ready?
Looking towards the future is critical in crafting your contributed income strategy. This article takes it up a notch by exploring the traits that are unique to the Millenial Generation ie the youth of today who are and will be the art consumers of tomorrow.
Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2013
Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2013 can be downloaded for free and is an annual industry forecast about private capital used for public good. It provides a bird’s eye view of the current landscape, pointing to major trends, and changes in the horizon. Please note, you will have to register and answer a few questions in order to download the document from Grantcraft.
L3C and the Arts
L3C is a Low-Profit Limited Liability Company or social purpose enterprise that may or may not generate revenue. Understanding the potential of this entity to the arts and culture community has become the passion of Michael DiFonzo who has a series of events and online resources dedicated to the subject.
How the Sequester Could Leave Actors Unemployed
The NEA is set to take a 5% budget cut…what does this mean for you?
Are Kickstarter crowdfundings slowing down? Uh huh
Hot for a while, Kickstarter and crowdfunding have slowed.
Donors of the Future Scan
What do donors look like in the future? This scan summarizes key trends and what they mean for giving.
2012 Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011/ Executive Summary
You can download USA Giving’s 2011 Annual Report on Philanthropy Executive Summary for free. It summarizes key findings, with pie charts on the sources and uses of contributions, total giving trendline graphs going back 40 years, bar graphs depicting changes in giving over the last three years, and other data!