Archive for January 2026
From Good Intentions to Follow-Through: Assigning Roles & Responsibilities in Your Fundraising Plan
If you’ve ever created a fundraising plan that looked solid on paper, but it stalled out in practice, there’s a good chance the issue wasn’t strategy. It was ownership. This week we’re focusing on a step that is often rushed or skipped altogether: assigning clear roles and responsibilities. Because a fundraising plan doesn’t move forward…
Read MoreWho We Are, Why We Serve: The Story of Heart for the Community Consulting
Note: The blog in its original form was published in August 2025, but has been updated. It is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States—a federal holiday when some people take the day “off” from work, while others treat it as a day “on” for service and community engagement. Some of my clients…
Read MoreFrom Strategy to Structure: Building a Fundraising Calendar Your Team Will Actually Execute
In the last installment of this series, we focused on identifying which fundraising channels you plan to pursue in 2026 — grants, individual donors, events, corporate partners, appeals, and peer-to-peer efforts. But even the best strategy can fall apart without structure. Knowing what you want to do is important. Knowing when to do it —…
Read MoreFrom Goals to Growth: Building the Right Fundraising Channels for 2026
In our last newsletter, we focused on the importance of setting SMART fundraising goals — clear, measurable, and grounded in reality. That step is essential, but it’s only part of the work. Once you know what you need to raise, the next (and often trickier) question is, “How are we actually going to raise it?”…
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