The Essential Fundraiser’s Handbook: A Guide to Maximizing Donations, Retaining Donors, and Saving the Giving Sector for Good
About this audiobook
In this book, Greer addresses the impending historic wealth transfer in the US and offers fundraisers concrete steps to reverse declining donations. Drawing from her extensive experience and research, she provides actionable strategies for nonprofits to identify, retain, and increase financial supporters. THE ESSENTIAL FUNDRAISER'S HANDBOOK is both a critique and a roadmap for achieving long-term sustainability in the nonprofit sector.
You will learn:
- How to activate and retain the millions of Millennials and Gen Z who want to give but don’t know where to start
- How to use the for-profit, wildly successful subscription model to build a monthly giving program
- The do's and don’ts of fundraiser etiquette and what donors should expect from their charitable interactions
- When galas make sense and when they are a waste of money
- How the industry ignores people of color and women, and the billions of dollars being left on the table
- How to understand and access the $230 billion in Donor Advised Funds
- How to build a more inclusive, active, and supportive board of directors
About the author
Lisa Zola Greer is a fundraising coach, nonprofit changemaker, major donor, and author of the bestselling book Philanthropy Revolution. Lisa is on a mission to “Save Giving” by providing a clear path to success supported by data, statistics, and interviews. With her help and direction, the nonprofit world will see its donors engaged and energized, their organizations sustainable and with increased impact, and a more honest philanthropic culture that will create a larger and more loyal donor pool. Lisa currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Mississippi-born, Seattle-raised, and UK-based for more than twenty years, Sarah Borges earned a BA (Hons) in Acting from Rose Bruford College in London, and has since worked on various projects from theater, screen, TV, and voice acting, her work behind the mic encompassing most genres, including audiobooks, video games, ADR, and dubbing. Sarah also has a passion for audio description scripting, working freelance in both UK and US dialects, and as a trained singer, she coproduces and sings with a big band and party band.
