Corporate Fundraising Resources and Inspiration
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Giving to Women … A Holiday Story
Once upon a time, there was a business owner and philanthropist named Heather. Her business, BridgeRaise, supported...
What’s Missing From Your Research?
A prospect briefing that is well done about a company can make the difference between receiving funding or not.
Your BEST Corporate Fundraising Hook
Getting them to read your email is a first step to pitch to a corporate partner, to build a relationship or to get to know a future sponsor.
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Corporate Fundraising
Micro-steps are Key to Reaching Your Fundraising Goals
All you can think about is all the things on your to-do list? How many steps you have to take to meet your corporate fundraising goals?
Corporate Fundraising: It’s About Them
In this video, I cover how to gather information to build a relationship by getting to know them. It’s about them not you!
Why You Should Never Neglect the Buy-In
It was an absolutely killer meeting. I had met with their corporate social responsibility rep and we’d been on the same wavelength. The ideas were flowing, the win-win was there! It was going to be a big campaign for my organization and a game-changer for my cause – I...
Partnerships
The ONE thing that makes Corporate Partnerships Successful?
Do you know the ONE thing over everything else that will make a corporate partnership successful? It is probably not the one you want to hear!
Does Making Myself a Pretzel Help?
Lessons from my JOURNEY with Yoga. Do you know want to know what’s getting me through this? Yes, this moment of missing my friends, and dining out, and even my podcast listening commutes? Yoga! Or at least my version of yoga which can be just doing Shavasana (lying on...
Have you been ghosted by your prospect?
You met, it seemed like alignment was there, but when you followed up for a meeting, nothing. Did you put in a proposal and not hear back? Or maybe you had a discovery meeting, and you both had next-steps, and then crickets? Are you being ghosted by your corporate...
Sponsorships
Top Power Questions That Will Make Your Corporate Sponsors Take Notice
Questions you need for an introductory meeting to ensure you learn what you need to know to fundraise money from your sponsor or corporate prospect
Are You Ready for A Valuation?
Raising sponsorship dollars from corporate partners is... complicated. You know you have to give the company something in return for sponsorship dollars but knowing what and for how much isn’t always as straightforward as we’d like it to be. The best way to assess...
Don’t Fill Out The Form!
I don’t want to say it never works, because then there will be the 1 or 2 charity exceptions that filled out an online corporate sponsorship form and received a yes. This might have happened because: They are getting a historical gift and haven’t been phased out –...
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3 Keys to Raising More Money for your Charity
Is it time to raise more money for your charity or non-profit through corporate fundraising? If yes, then I have three key tips that are going to help you raise more money this year. I'm Heather Nelson. I'm a Corporate Fundraising Specialist and I help charities and...
Giving to Women … A Holiday Story
Once upon a time, there was a business owner and philanthropist named Heather. Her business, BridgeRaise, supported charities of different sizes to raise money from companies so they could make a difference in the world. These charities help provide food to vulnerable...
What’s Missing From Your Research?
A prospect briefing that is well done about a company can make the difference between receiving funding or not.
