18 ingredients for successful fundraising

I’m celebrating my 15 year anniversary as a fundraiser!

In a blog post 5 years ago I wrote about the best strategic ingredients for a successful fundraising program. Let’s try that again and see if I want to change my perspective now I’ve grown older…

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donor acquisition, strategy, data analysis, donor loyaltyReinier SpruitApril 9, 2016the fundraiser, database, long term, investment, innovation, ask, friendraising, data analysis, focus, storytelling, testing

FREE: 10 years of fundraising experience!

Exactly 10 years ago, I started my first job as a fundraiser! And from the beginning I was hooked. I love fundraising, because it enables change. Vision and passion combined with great fundraising enables important change. And as a fundraiser you play an important part in that change.

So, looking back over those 10 years, what did I learn? I’ve listed the most important strategic ingredients for a successful fundraising program.

opinion, donor loyalty, donor acquisition, the fundraiserReinier SpruitApril 6, 2011the fundraiser, database, long term, investment, innovation, ask, friendraising, data, data analysis, focus, storytelling, testing