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title: Nonprofit Fundraising
description: Nonprofit fundraising covers the strategies and techniques used to secure financial contributions from individuals, corporations, and foundations. You will understand how to design donor campaigns, build long-term relationships, manage donor databases, and execute diverse fundraising events.
category: business-entrepreneurship
subcategory: nonprofit-management
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/nonprofit-fundraising
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# Nonprofit Fundraising

Nonprofit fundraising covers the strategies and techniques used to secure financial contributions from individuals, corporations, and foundations. You will understand how to design donor campaigns, build long-term relationships, manage donor databases, and execute diverse fundraising events.

## Available Resources

2 Books • 1 Courses • 1 Websites

## Websites

### 1. Nonprofit Hub

Practitioner-written guides on donor acquisition and retention, major gifts, capital campaigns, grant writing and fundraising events, plus a webinar series — aimed at small-shop nonprofit staff and volunteers building a first development program.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://nonprofithub.org/fundraising/

**Tags:** nonprofit-fundraising, donor-relations, grant-writing, nonprofit-management, philanthropy

## Podcasts

### 1. Nonprofit Jenni Show

**Author:** Nonprofit Jenni

The Nonprofit Jenni Show is the podcast for nonprofit professionals, board members, and community leaders. Every week, Jenni invites nonprofit leaders to share their stories and advice for facing common management, marketing, and development challenges. Go forth and do good with the Nonprofit Jenni Show!

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.nonprofitjenni.com/

**Tags:** nonprofit-fundraising, nonprofit-management, donor-relations, nonprofit-marketing, podcast

## Courses

### 1. Fundraising and Development

A University of California, Davis introduction to the fundraising cycle, from prospect identification and cultivation through stewardship. Covers campaign types and core terminology, and finishes with writing a solicitation proposal letter for a charity event.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/fundraising-development

**Tags:** courses, social-services, nonprofit-management

## Books

### 1. Nonprofit Fundraising 101

**Author:** Darian Rodriguez Heyman

Edited compilation of practical chapters from working fundraisers, covering individual giving, major gifts, events, grant writing, and online campaigns. Gives new nonprofit staff and volunteers concrete tactics they can apply to a small development program immediately.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1119100461?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, social-services, nonprofit-management

### 2. The Ask

**Author:** Laura Fredricks

A step-by-step method for soliciting gifts in person, with more than a hundred sample dialogues covering annual, major, planned, and capital campaign asks. Readers learn how to prepare, time, and close a solicitation conversation.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0787978566?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, social-services, nonprofit-management

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