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Effective Frontline Fundraising

A Guide for Nonprofits, Political Candidates, and Advocacy Groups

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  • Provides fundraisers with the tools they need to ask for, and receive, the funds they need

  • Teaches new development officers and directors how to professionalize their fundraising shops

  • Shows candidates for public office or managers of advocacy groups how to raise money to reach their goals.

  • Helps ensure that nonprofits achieve their programming goals

  • Shows how to establish and maintain positive donor relations for the long term

  • Helps nonprofits develop a fundraising message and identity that will keep them relevant in an age where discretionary income is scarce and every other non-profit is also in great need

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Nonprofits, Cash Flow, and Philanthropy

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 1-12
  3. The Role of a Fundraiser

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 13-21
  4. The Gift Cycle

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 23-33
  5. Assembling Your Team

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 35-53
  6. The Basic Tools

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 55-69
  7. The Annual Plan

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 71-91
  8. Crafting Your Message

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 93-105
  9. Stewardship

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 107-123
  10. Face Time

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 125-147
  11. The Ask

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 149-170
  12. Major Gifts

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 171-192
  13. Political Fundraising

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 193-207
  14. Charity, Advocacy Group, or Both?

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 209-217
  15. Get Out There and Start Asking

    • Jeffrey David Stauch
    Pages 219-228
  16. Back Matter

    Pages 229-253

About this book

Today, nearly every charitable nonprofit, advocacy group, professional group, and politician relies on the philanthropy of others. Whether it's a private college, a hospital or museum, a lobbying group, or a local, low-budget food shelf, operational and marketing costs and capital investments are often largely underwritten through the generous support of donors. Nonprofits need some people to write $25 checks on a regular basis, and they need others to make six-figure pledges. The bad news: Since the economic collapse of 2008, getting people to part with precious dollars has become ever more difficult. The good news is that people are still inclined to be generous to organizations, causes, and candidates they believe in. Effective Frontline Fundraising provides the information you'll need to set up and manage an effective development team capable of consistently raising gifts, both large and small.

Effective Frontline Fundraising will not only teach those skills for getting the gift you want in the short run, but it will also show how to build a meaningful, long-lasting relationship between your organization and your donor base. This book:

  • Shows how to keep that organizational lifeblood—cash—running through your vital operations
  • Explains how to create a firm foundation from which to solicit funds
  • Provides examples of successful and unsuccessful fundraising messages and plans
  • Teaches you how to ask confidently for gifts from $25 to $1,000,000 … or more!

About the author

Jeffrey David Stauch received his BA in political science at Middlebury College and his MA in social sciences at the University of Chicago.He started his career in fundraising in Boston with Grassroots Campaigns, Inc., and Telefund, Inc.Jeffrey is currently the assistant director of principal gifts at a small, elite liberal arts college.He is also the volunteer giving officer for Betasab (www.betasab.org), a home for orphaned children in Ethiopia. When not at work, he runs, trains in the martial art of aikido, and writes creative non-fiction. He has a pet rabbit.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Effective Frontline Fundraising

  • Book Subtitle: A Guide for Nonprofits, Political Candidates, and Advocacy Groups

  • Authors: Jeffrey David Stauch

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3901-7

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0), Apress Access Books

  • Copyright Information: Jeff Stauch 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-3900-0Published: 22 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-3901-7Published: 31 January 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 268

  • Topics: Business and Management, general

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 19.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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