fundraising
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What I’m Reading: The Good News Isn’t the Whole Story
Giving USA dropped its 2025 numbers this week: $617.2 billion, a 5.7% jump that beat inflation. If you’re a fundraiser, you earned a breath. Raising money has never been harder. Uncertain federal dollars, donor fatigue, a sector asked to do more with less, and still show up smiling at the gala. Take the win. Let’s…
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Change Makers
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.“ Wayne Dyer Lately, I’ve stopped looking at the chaos and started looking through it. Through the noise, I see the helpers.The social workers showing up for families.The case managers refusing to give up.The fundraisers fighting for what matters.The advocates, the healers, the ones who…
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The Power of No: A Burnout Antidote from My Old Days of Fundraising
Burnout: The Price of Never Saying No. Here’s the truth they don’t always teach you in the nonprofit hustle (or in any high-stakes, high-purpose work): Saying yes to everything means you’re saying no to yourself.