For Impact

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A For Impact Blog

Funding • Jan 17, 2024

On a call last week, I was asked to cover some of the best practices for making an ask. This...

Funding • Jul 13, 2023

We spend a lot of time helping fundraising teams become more efficient and effective. This includes clarifying goals, roles, and responsibilities;...

Funding • May 12, 2023

When we find ourselves struggling to firm up pending commitments, we often look at ways to use an Action Forcing...

Funding • Apr 27, 2023

How do you prioritize your prospects for visits and asks? We often use three buckets to sort prospects/portfolios into categories...

Funding • Mar 2, 2023

Here are some things to think about if you’re having trouble getting a visit. Think of these as ingredients you...

Funding • Dec 15, 2022

Recently, we worked with some of our clients to analyze over 100 major funders to determine the means by which...

Funding • Apr 13, 2022

“When it comes to fundraising, tell me how I should be spending my time.”  “I’m worried that we’re missing prospects...

Funding • Feb 10, 2022

Use virtual experiences to: Find prospects; Predispose prospects to a funding conversation, or ask; Engage with prospects that won’t take...

Funding • Jan 20, 2022

I want to start the year off with a simple and practical tip: write quotes in your notes. After a...

Funding • Aug 25, 2021

How do we find new prospects? This is a question of nearly every organization.  Before we talk about going outside...

Funding • Aug 5, 2021

“When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world.” Carol Dweck, Mindset Across thousands of visits, we have learned...

Funding • Nov 13, 2020

Questions are powerful tools to a fundraiser (read: salesperson). Effectively used, they help you learn, connect, lead, qualify, and close....