GROW YOUR NONPROFIT WITH CORPORATE FUNDRAISING – with Linda Lysakowski [Video]

Learn How Corporate Fundraising Can Help Fund and Grow Your Nonprofit

Today we’re talking to Linda Lysakowski, an Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive with thirty-plus years in the development field, about corporate fundraising. She’s a brilliant resource and draws on decades of experience. If you’re wondering how to get more help from businesses in your community, this is the perfect episode for you!

***************** Brainstorm Your Network *****************
Your board members, staff, fundraising committee, and volunteers know people. You never know the personal connections you have to people or corporations that are untapped within your circle until you dig into it.

It’s important to remember that you don’t have to only reach out to the big corporations because that’s who you think is capable of donating to your cause. Think about the smaller or “average” businesses like a painting company or car washes. Smaller organizations often give to help others because they understand what that can do for someone else.

***************** How To Begin Corporate Fundraising *****************
The best thing to do is to get involved and build relationships first. After your team has brainstormed your connections, really interact with individuals in those corporations, whether it’s a friend or relative, long-time business partner, or acquaintance at a networking event, and make sure they don’t feel like a means to an end. They need to know you care about them as individuals and not just as a check.

Ask for advice from them regarding the best interests of your nonprofit. It shows respect and can help your nonprofit grow by learning new perspectives.

Your corporate connections can help you in more ways than just financially, but when you do ask for a donation, address how your nonprofit can serve that corporation specifically and help them see the mutual benefit.

***************** Challenge Question *****************
Which strategy Linda shared are you going to begin implementing?

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