Tackling The Topic of Fundraiser Retention
D.M. Paule2025-07-30T17:17:26-04:00Every summer, we conduct our Nonprofit Salary & Satisfaction Survey, and this summer is no different. (Click HERE to fill it out.) Over the [...]
Recommendations for Nonprofits Facing Economic Turmoil
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:07:49-04:00Nonprofits nationwide are grasping with daily unknown economic shifts. And while some sectors have been impacted more deeply than others, all are, or will be, [...]
Navigating Change, Uncertainty and Upheaval
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:07:49-04:00Let’s just jump right to the elephant in the room. The reality is that 2025 looks like it’s going to be a year of upheaval [...]
Holidays on the Rocks – A Reminder for Fundraisers about their Mental Health this Holiday Season
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:07:49-04:00I once had a colleague tell me that no one gets in a festive mood until after the SEC Football Championship. While our northern friends [...]
The 2024 OFS Salary & Satisfaction Survey: The Results are In
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:43:21-04:00As consultants, we try to be genuine thought partners for our clients. If you've been around our blog for any length of time, you've undoubtably [...]
What Development Officers Wish Their Nonprofit Head Knew…And Vice Versa
Ailena Parramore2025-06-09T17:44:58-04:00During a recent workshop, I asked attendees – both Nonprofit Heads and Development Officers – to anonymously write down what they wished the other understood [...]
A Perspective at the Intersection of Black History and Women’s History Months
Jenneh Scott2025-06-09T17:47:27-04:00I am coming up on my first anniversary as a consultant with Our Fundraising Search, and I'm realizing that it has really been quite a [...]
EDs: Stop Inviting the Board into Your Lane!
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:48:12-04:00While the fundraisers are busy with the end-of-the-year campaign, we’d like to chat with the CEOs and Executive Directors who are busy planning for the [...]
5 Summer Tasks That’ll Set Your Development Office Up for Fall Success!
Ailena Parramore2025-06-09T17:50:43-04:00It’s finally here…Summer! With the spring activity calendar slowing down and the number of external interruptions diminished with staff vacations (which they are hopefully taking!), [...]
Summer is Coming! What Does This Mean for Your Organization?
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:53:53-04:00The author, Sam Keen, once wrote “Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” While not exactly a lazy time around Our Fundraising Search, it is [...]