Fundraising HayDay

How to Run Fundraising Events Without Burning Out

You may find this hard to believe, but fundraising events aren’t always the money-making events people think they are. Let’s take a deep dive into how to run events that raise funds without destroying your budget, staff, or sanity in the process.

 

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Unapologetically Profitable with Julie Boll

It’s often a touchy subject for consultants and employees in the nonprofit sector – how much should you charge/be paid for your work? Truthfully, the answer varies based on your education, experience, and know-how. Charging less than your worth because you’re working for a nonprofit does not mean you care more for nonprofits in general or the mission of one nonprofit in particular.

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Julie’s Viral LinkedIn Post

Complete the Courageous Leadership Scorecard

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Julie Boll Consulting

Permission to Fail

Leadership is vital to the success of any organization. We often talk about it. We often dream about good leadership. But who actually takes the time to study leadership and then help nonprofit leaders really think about how to develop programs that work? Stacy Fitzsimmons, CEO of SNF Writing Solutions, that’s who.

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Master Class on John C. Maxwell’s book “Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn”

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Stacy Fitzsimmons

SNF Writing Solutions

Building Your Grant Management Team

To ensure the proper checks and balances of an organization, it takes more than one person to manage your organization’s grants, particularly when federal grant funding is involved. Even if you are the only one with “grant” in your title, it takes a team to get the job done. Let’s talk about all the elements of grant management and who should be a member of your grant management team.

 

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Educating Up!

You’re the grant expert for your organization, but chances are you are not the executive director, city manager, superintendent, or other titled leader. And chances are, your boss and board do not understand the ins and outs of the grant world. That means it’s up to you to educate your organization about how it works and how it doesn’t. Educating up is an integral part of your role as a grant professional so everyone is on board for grant success.

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The Go/No Go Grant Decision Guide

The Big Not-so-Beautiful Bill and You: Preparing for the Storm

What is known as the Big Beautiful Bill was signed into law on July 4, 2025. While this is not a budget bill, its legislation includes tax changes and spending policies that will significantly affect nonprofits, local government, hospitals, communities, and those we serve. It’s always better to understand the storm that is coming so we can best prepare.

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Independent Sector

Council of Nonprofits

The George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health

Fundraising Everywhere

Professional development (or learning and development as it is referred to in the UK) is often the first thing cut when budgets are tight. But what does that mean for fundraisers and grant professionals? We are joined by Cam St Omer-Donaldson with Fundraising Everywhere to learn about their study on the impacts of learning and development on job performance and job satisfaction. It’s just what you need to help educate your bosses and boards about your need for continuous learning and engagement with your peers and experts.

 

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The Impact of Learning and Development on Charity Staff: Performance and Job Satisfaction Research Undertaken By: Susie Mullins Presented By: Nikki Bell and Cam St -Donaldson 

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Fundraising Everywhere

How To: Tracking Down Data for Needs Statements

Any experienced grant professional will tell you: if you don’t have a need for the grant, there is no need to write the grant. A needs assessment (or problem statement) requires data from reputable sources to show community need for your proposed program or project. This episode spells out where to find such data – from government agencies to your own backyard.

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U.S. Census Bureau

Fundraising HayDay S6, E6 Episode, Show Me the Data, with U.S. Census Bureau Data Dissemination Specialist, Marilyn E. Stephens

U.S. Census QuickFacts Data Tool

U.S. Census Bureau YouTube Channel

Centers for Disease Control Data Portal

Centers for Disease Control WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Better Data for Better Health

National Equity Atlanta

National Crime Victimization Survey from Bureau of Justice Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics

Environmental Protection Agency

Smithsonian

Unrig the Game

2025 has been a year, and it’s only June. For those working in the nonprofit space, it’s time to unite our voices and lead with courage. Today we’re speaking with organizer Vanessa Priya Daniel about her recently published book, “Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning” so we can learn how to do just that. We’re talking work amongst generations, the work of movement organizations, and the five pieces of advice she has for women leaders.

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Groundswell Fund

“Coalition Politics: Turning the Century” by Bernice Johnson Reagon

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Vanessa Priya Daniel

“Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning”

Grantsmanship, Resilience, and Celebrity Philanthropy

Today’s guest said that her career culminated during the pandemic when she was working on her doctorate around nonprofits and organizational resilience during disruptive times. Dr. Brandi Rae Hicks has worked for and with United Way, Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, and many other organizations. These experiences have created a well-rounded grant professional who understands the power of diversifying your funds, relationships in the community, and all the other skills necessary to run a successful nonprofit.

 

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Giving USA 2023 Charitable Report

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Dr. Brandi Rae Hicks 

Serve University 

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