What Happens After a Sponsor Says Yes?
Over the past four weeks, we’ve explored what it means to be sponsorship-ready. We’ve talked about finding sponsors that align with your mission, understanding the audiences and assets you...
Fundraising Under Pressure Insights
Insights for organizations managing revenue pressure, campaign expectations, donor uncertainty, and long-term sustainability challenges.
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Reputation First. Sponsorship Second.
September is an important month for sponsorship. Across Canada, companies are beginning to evaluate community investment priorities, partnership performance, and sponsorship budgets for the year ahe...
Why Your Fundraising Strategy Keeps Getting Replaced by the Next Urgent Idea
Your fundraising strategy probably looks reasonable on paper. It includes grants, individual giving, major gifts, partnerships and perhaps an event. Then the year starts moving. A grant deadline appea...
Starting a Fundraising Campaign: The Confidence Problem No One Talks About
Most fundraising campaigns don’t fail because of poor execution. They fail because of what wasn’t in place before the first ask went out. You know the moment. The team is energized. The ne...
Why Most Fundraising Goals Are Set Without Real Evidence
Insights from Canadian Research. Across Canada’s charitable and nonprofit sector, fundraising goals are meant to provide clarity, credibility, and momentum. Yet Canadian research consistently shows ...
How do we raise more money for our nonprofit?
It’s the question most organizations are trying to answer. And it sounds practical. But it often leads in the wrong direction. Because it assumes the next step is: more campaigns more ou...
Dissent as a Public Good: Why Charities Matter More Than Ever.
Dissent as a Public Good: Why Charities Matter More Than Ever When Jerry Greenfield resigned from Ben & Jerry’s after nearly five decades, he wrote: “It’s easy to stand up and speak out when...
From Dependency to Resilience
A Fundraising Playbook for Canada´s Post-Secondary Future “We are not just fundraising professionals. We are strategic architects of institutional resilience.” The collapse of international t...
Five Fundraising Moves to Help Small Charities Navigate Tough Times
Small charities across Canada are being squeezed by donor fatigue, declining corporate support, and rising costs. The CRA’s Report on the Charities Program 2023–2024 offers critical insights into ...
