NPFX: The Nonprofit Fundraising Exchange

Smart nonprofits rely on data before beginning a capital campaign or other large fundraising project. In today’s podcast episode, IPM consultants Rich Frazier, Sondra Madison, and Alan Knobloch take a close look at one of the best sources of data available to nonprofits: The Feasibility Study.

Free 30-minute consultation for NPFX listeners:
http://www.ipmadvancement.com/free

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Additional IPM Resources

IPM's free Nonprofit Resource Library:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/resources

Rich Frazier has worked in the nonprofit sector for nearly 30 years. In his role as senior consultant with IPM Advancement, Rich offers extensive understanding and knowledge in major gifts program management, fund development, strategic planning, and board of directors development.

Sondra Madison has raised millions of dollars for organizations across the U.S. since beginning her nonprofit consulting work in 2002. She’s led projects for large national non-profits such as CARE, American Diabetes Association, Feeding America, and Habitat International, as well as serving Boys & Girls Clubs of America as their Senior Vice President of Development.

Alan Knobloch has worked in the non-profit sector for over 30 years, holding positions at The Nature Conservancy Arizona, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation, and Valley of the Sun United Way. In addition to being a Certified Fund Raising Executive from the Association of Fund Raising Professionals, he has earned a diploma from the National Planned Giving Institute from the College of William and Mary.

As COVID-19 restrictions are being relaxed across most of the United States, many nonprofits are attempting to define their new normal. In today's episode, Rich Frazier (IPM Advancement's Senior Consultant) is joined by IPM consultants Jana Olslund and Penny Cowden to unpack some of the most valuable lessons of the past year to help nonprofits come out on the other side of this pandemic even smarter and stronger than they were before.

Free 30-minute consultation for NPFX listeners:
http://www.ipmadvancement.com/free

Want to suggest a topic for an upcoming episode? Send an email to [email protected].

Additional IPM Resources:

IPM's free Nonprofit Resource Library:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/resources

Fundraising during COVID-19: Practical Strategies for Success:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/fundraising-during-covid-19-practical-strategies-for-success

Nonprofit Fundraising Messaging in the COVID-19 Era — 8 Essential Elements:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/nonprofit-fundraising-messaging-in-the-covid-19-era-8-essential-elements

Rich Frazier has worked in the nonprofit sector for nearly 30 years. In his role as senior consultant with IPM Advancement, Rich offers extensive understanding and knowledge in major gifts program management, fund development, strategic planning, and board of directors development.

Jana Olslund specializes in the areas of annual fund, capital and endowment campaigns, and interim leadership staffing. In addition to her experience as Vice President of Philanthropy and Alumni Relations for Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Jana served as a senior consultant for Bentz Whaley Flessner where she worked with health systems, children’s hospitals, and health-related causes across the country.

Penny Cowden has specialized in not-for-profit philanthropy for 25 years with a focus on strategic planning, leadership development, and coaching. Penny holds the CFRE designation and has earned advanced certification as a Fellow in the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy.

In a special Q&A episode, IPM Advancement's Co-founder, Managing Director & Chief Strategist, Russ Phaneuf, answers listener questions about nonprofit fundraising copywriting. Topics include how to boost response rate, how long your appeal should be and why, what to do if you have a limited direct mail budget, the most important part of a direct mail package, ways to engage your readers, whether or not you should still be messaging about COVID, and more.

Free 30-minute consultation for NPFX listeners:
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Have a question you'd like answered on the next Q&A episode? Send an email to [email protected].

Additional IPM Resources:

IPM's free Nonprofit Resource Library:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/resources

12 Mistakes Nonprofits Make in Their Fundraising Copywriting:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/12-mistakes-nonprofits-make-in-their-fundraising-copywriting-part-1

Nonprofit Fundraising Messaging in the COVID-19 Era — 8 Essential Elements:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/nonprofit-fundraising-messaging-in-the-covid-19-era-8-essential-elements

NPFX has been named one of the Top 25 Fundraising Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021! See the full list here:
https://blog.feedspot.com/fundraising_podcasts/

More and more, nonprofits are relying on collaboration to advance their mission — especially these days with increased pressure caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Collaboration between nonprofits can provide many advantages to the organizations involved as well as the communities they serve. In today’s podcast episode, Rich Frazier (IPM Advancement) is joined by Dr. Anne Newland (North Country Healthcare) and Sam Dean (Scott Family Amazeum) to explore what it takes for nonprofit organizations to work well with others for greater impact.

Free 30-minute consultation for NPFX listeners:
http://www.ipmadvancement.com/free

Want to suggest a topic for an upcoming episode? Send an email to [email protected].

Additional IPM Resources:

IPM's free Nonprofit Resource Library:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/resources

4 Ideas for Finding Collaborations That Expand Your Nonprofit’s Reach and Impact:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/4-ideas-for-finding-collaborations-that-expand-your-nonprofits-reach-and-impact

How Nonprofits Succeed by Focusing on Others — Part 1: Learn to Say No:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/how-nonprofits-succeed-by-focusing-on-others-learn-to-say-no/

Dr. Anne Newland is the Chief Executive Officer for North Country Healthcare. She is responsible for the the largest federally qualified health center in northern Arizona. Their clinics partner with community agencies to improve the quality of care and access to primary care for people across the state. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Newland and her team have been active re-imagining patient interactions to maintain CDC health protocols, all while being an instrumental provider of first COVID-19 tests and now COVID-19 vaccinations.
https://northcountryhealthcare.org/ 

Sam Dean is the Executive Director of the Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville, Arkansas. Sam is passionate about epic learning and working across communities to find ways to allow people to be curious and explore the world around them. He’s an experienced nonprofit leader, specializing in museum education. After opening the Amazeum almost six years ago, Scott is now leading them through their first major expansion.
https://www.amazeum.org/

With challenges like shrinking budgets, growing demand for their services, and fierce competition for donors, it's no wonder the 10-year failure rate for nonprofits is 30% or higher. In today's podcast episode, Jack Padovano (IPM Advancement) and Liz Feld (RADical Hope Foundation) discuss what it takes for nonprofits to succeed and create a lasting impact.

Free 30-minute consultation for NPFX listeners:
http://www.ipmadvancement.com/free

Want to suggest a topic for an upcoming episode? Send an email to [email protected].

Additional IPM Resources:

IPM's free Nonprofit Resource Library:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/resources

The Secret to Nonprofit Advocacy Success: Keeping Grassroots Supporters Engaged:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/the-secret-to-nonprofit-advocacy-success-keeping-grassroots-supporters-engaged/

[NPFX] Nonprofit Advocacy Basics:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/nonprofit-advocacy-basics/

Liz Feld's Bio

Liz Feld is Chief Executive Officer of RADical Hope, a non-profit Foundation committed to measurably improving the brain health of our country’s young people. The organization develops and invests in proven, front line engagement programs that address its core mission priorities: Connectivity, Engagement, Emotional Intelligence and Empowerment. Since 2016, Liz has served as President of The Suzanne Wright Foundation, founded in honor of the late Suzanne Wright who died of pancreatic cancer. The Foundation advocates for a Health Advanced Research Projects Agency (HARPA), modeled after DARPA, the gold standard for innovation. HARPA will turn scientific research into lifesaving products for patients by leveraging federal research assets and private sector tools to drive medical breakthroughs for diseases that have not benefited from the current system.

From 2012 to 2016, Liz was President of Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization. Under her leadership, Autism Speaks achieved critical milestones in increasing the quality of services, research funding, awareness, and advocacy for autism, most notably the passage of the ABLE and Autism CARES Acts, and the development of MSSNG, a $50 million whole genome sequencing project with Google.

Liz served as Mayor of the Village of Larchmont, New York from 2006-2010; four years prior to that she served as Trustee and Deputy Mayor. As Mayor, she earned the Village its first AAA credit rating from Moody’s Investor Services. During her time in office, Liz became a member of Mayor Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns. She is a Board member of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES), a national non-profit advocacy organization whose mission is to promote commonsense, conservative solutions to address our nation’s need for abundant, reliable energy while preserving our environment.

Liz has worked as the Director of News Information at ABC News and Senior Vice President of Communications for Nickelodeon. She has appeared on national and local television networks and authored editorial pieces on public policy issues and politics. Liz also served in the Reagan White House; first as a public affairs specialist at the Office of Management and Budget, and then as a press officer for then Vice President George H. W. Bush. She holds a B.A. degree in Government from Georgetown University. She and her husband, Joel Feld, are the parents of three children.
https://radicalhopefoundation.org/

Staff retention and employee burnout is a challenge for many nonprofits, especially when it comes to their fundraising team. In today's podcast episode, we'll look at some of the most common reasons for nonprofit fundraiser burnout, and how you can prevent burnout for yourself or your staff.

Free 30-minute consultation for NPFX listeners:
http://www.ipmadvancement.com/free

Want to suggest a topic for an upcoming episode? Send an email to [email protected].

Additional IPM Resources:

IPM's free Nonprofit Resource Library:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/resources

Nonprofit Staff Retention — Part 1: Are Higher Salaries Really the Answer?:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/nonprofit-staff-retention-are-higher-salaries-really-the-answer/

Nonprofit Staff Retention — Part 2: How to Attract and Keep the Best Employees:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/nonprofit-staff-retention-how-to-attract-and-keep-the-best-employees/

For many nonprofits, Calendar Year-End fundraising accounts for a significant portion of their fundraising dollars for the entire year. In today’s podcast episode, we will review four of our favorite strategies to help our clients beat their annual fundraising goals and finish the year strong.

Free 30-minute consultation for NPFX listeners
http://www.ipmadvancement.com/free

Want to suggest a topic for an upcoming episode? Send an email to [email protected].

Additional IPM Resources:

IPM's free Nonprofit Resource Library:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/resources

Post-2016 Election Tips: Surviving Trump’s America
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/post-2016-election-tips-surviving-trump-s-america

[NPFX] Is Annual Giving Dead? (COVID-19 Edition)
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/is-annual-giving-dead-covid-19-edition/

[NPFX] Rapid Response Fundraising: How to Leverage Episodic Giving
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/rapid-response-fundraising-how-to-leverage-episodic-giving/

In today’s podcast episode, we host a virtual panel of nonprofit fundraising consultants to discuss whether or not now is a good time to start a consulting business, the opportunities for consultants to actually grow their businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the panel members themselves have adapted their own businesses to the changing landscape.

Are you a fundraising consultant? Join the IPM Advancement Consulting Network:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/consulting-network/

Learn more about the nonprofit fundraising consultants featured in this episode:

Rich Frazier, IPM Advancement & VisionConnect Nonprofit Consulting
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/inside-ipm-meet-rich-frazier/

Jarrett Ransom, The Rayvan Group
https://www.therayvangroup.com/

Frank Baselice, Consilium Marketing, LLC
http://www.consiliummarketingllc.com/

Nancy Grace, Graceful Fundraising LLC
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancygrace1/

Giving Tuesday has become one of the biggest nonprofit fundraising days of the year, making it a fundraising event no nonprofit can afford to ignore. In today’s podcast episode, we’ll discuss what nonprofits should expect from Giving Tuesday 2020, best practices for Giving Tuesday fundraising during the COVID-19 pandemic, and strategies to ensure your Giving Tuesday fundraising efforts have the greatest impact.

Free 30-minute consultation for NPFX listeners:
http://www.ipmadvancement.com/free

Want to suggest a topic for an upcoming episode? Send an email to [email protected].

Additional IPM Resources

IPM's free Nonprofit Resource Library:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/resources

Giving Tuesday 2019 Results and What Your Nonprofit Should Take Away
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/giving-tuesday-2019-results-and-what-your-nonprofit-should-take-away/

[NPFX] Fundraising during COVID-19: Practical Strategies for Success
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/fundraising-during-covid-19-practical-strategies-for-success/

Nonprofit Monthly Sustainers, Part 1 — Financial Stability in Any Economy
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/nonprofit-monthly-sustainers-part-1-financial-stability-in-any-economy

Nonprofit Monthly Sustainers, Part 2 — 8 Tips for a Successful Monthly Giving Program
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/nonprofit-monthly-sustainers-part-2-8-tips-for-a-successful-monthly-giving-program/

As donor behavior shifts more and more to episodic giving, it's crucial for a nonprofit to have an effective rapid response fundraising strategy. In today's episode, we discuss the 3 types of rapid response strategies every nonprofit should implement so you can be ready to engage donors when they suddenly care about your cause and are most inclined to give.

Free 30-minute consultation for NPFX listeners:
http://www.ipmadvancement.com/free

Want to suggest a topic for an upcoming episode? Send an email to [email protected].

Additional IPM Resources

IPM's free Nonprofit Resource Library:
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/resources

Rapid Response Fundraising [requires an email address to download]
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/resources

[NPFX] Fundraising during COVID-19: Practical Strategies for Success
https://www.ipmadvancement.com/blog/fundraising-during-covid-19-practical-strategies-for-success/