Most nonprofits focus significant time and energy on making the ask, but far fewer give the same attention to what happens after a donor says yes. It is in the space between the gift and the next interaction that relationships are either strengthened or quietly lost. The Challenge: Gratitude Fatigue in Small Nonprofits Most small nonprofits know that saying “thank you” matters, but too often acknowledgment becomes a task to check off a list rather than a tool for building las

Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Sound familiar? If you, like me, have ever balanced fundraising alongside parenting small children, sometimes those two worlds collide, and you find yourself applying cartoon quotes to your daily work. In my life as a grantwriter, the refrain of Disney’s Finding Nemo's beloved Dory, "just keep swimming, just keep swimming," really hits home. If you are not familiar with the Finding Nemo storyline: Dory is a fish who

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