Fundraising & Nonprofit Blog

Fundraising Intelligence Isn’t Just for Large Nonprofits

If you work with a hometown nonprofit with only a few staff and a small pool of donors, you may…

Optimize Your Nonprofit Newsletter to Attract More Donations

Effective communication is a vital component of relationship management.  This is especially true with relationships between nonprofits and their donors. …

School Is In! Fundraising Opportunities for Advancement Departments

It’s that glorious time of year.  Summer has ended (okay, maybe not so glorious), but with September’s arrival comes the…

How to Leverage Corporate Data to Find More Major Gift Donors

Earlier in August, iWave hosted a webinar by Claire Kerr of Fronstream called Serious Business: Digital Strategies to Boost Corporate Support. …

Prospect Ratings: The Pillars of Fundraising Intelligence

At any one time, your nonprofit’s development office might be creating profiles for hundreds or thousands of past, present, and…

Predicting the Future With Past Giving

“Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the best major gift prospect of them all?” Unfortunately, there are no magic tricks…

Finding Major Gift Prospects Using Prospect Scores

Do you search for major gift prospects within your donor database, or do you use external sources to find them?…

Stewarding Major Gifts With Your Donor Management Software

Guest post by Doron Barbalat of Causeview We recently shared tips on the iWave blog about the first steps to take after…

Annual Funds: You Don’t Get What You Don’t Ask For

Part 3 of The Power of Research series by Mary Richter Background In this three-part series, I am going to…

After Identifying a Major Donor Prospect, What Comes Next?

Guest post by Doron Barbalat of Causeview. Fortunately, in this day and age, there are many ways to identify a…

The Power of Research Part 1: Board Nominations

Guest Post by Mary Richter (Part 1) In this three-part series, I am going to highlight the ways in which…

Balancing Proactive and Reactive Research Requests

We like to know what a “day in the life” looks like for our clients — and in this case,…