Personal Fundraising Coaching
23 articles
Fundraising Essentials and Coaching: A Welcome Guide
Fundraising Planning and Campaigns
Determine your own fundraising goals and learn how to leverage your campaigns through these helpful resources.
Preparing an Effective Fundraising PlanThis document will give you guidelines to jumpstart your planning process and help you create a useful and effective fundraising plan.
A Primer on Fundraising Campaigns
Year-End Fundraising GuideUse this guide to prep for your year-end campaign
Communication Templates for a Year-End Campaign
Hosting a Peer-to-Peer or Crowdsourcing Campaign
Peer-to-Peer Campaign ChecklistUse this quick checklist as your start planning your first peer-to-peer fundraising campaign.
Monthly Giving Campaign ChecklistUse this quick checklist as you start planning your first monthly giving campaign.
Donor Cultivation & Stewardship
Review the fundamentals of donor cultivation and learn new tactics for building donor relationships here.
A Guide to Donor Acquisition, and Stewardship, and Engagement
New Donor Acquisition ChecklistUse this quick checklist as you look for new ways to connect with prospective donors.
A Guide to Major Gifts in 7 Steps
Major Donor Prospect ChecklistUse this helpful checklist to determine major donor cultivation prospects.
Solicitation Tips
Events and Auctions
Learn how to maximize your outreach and engagement through these helpful tools.
Special Events Guide
Special Event Planning Checklist
Board Engagement
Learn more about how to inspire and motivate your board members here.
Build and Inspire Your Nonprofit’s Board
14 Tips to Engage Your Board of Directors in Fundraising
Planned Giving
Start here if you're looking to approach donors about the benefits of planned giving.
Planned Giving 101: A Guide to Legacy Giving
Planned Giving 101: Engagement Templates
Additional Resources
We've collected several additional helpful resources on fundraising, which can be found here.
Does Your GuideStar Profile Matter?You and the members of your organization are doing great work. Every day. Make sure people know it.
Is Your Fundraising Legal?An overview of state-level charitable solicitation registration.
Success Guide: Fundraising with Alternative Assets
Useful Resources for Fundraising and EngagementAdditional Bonterra Resources for the Nonprofit Community