Hard Truths Your Board Members Must Face If They Want to Raise Big Money

Excerpted from the second edition of Fundraising Realities Every Board Member Must Face: A 1-Hour Crash Course on Raising Major Gifts for Nonprofit Organizations

"You can't handle the truth!" is Jack Nicholson's memorable line in A Few Good Men.

Fortunately, your board members are a hardier lot than Tom Cruise's character. They can in fact accept the truth - in this case, three fundraising truths - if you carefully explain the validity of each.   Those truths are:

1. Go Figure
2. Each According to His or Her Means
3. Those Who Ask Must Give First

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Three Fundraising Realities Every Board Member Must Face

There are 43 'realities' about big-gifts fundraising described by David Landsdowne in his book, 'Fundraising Realities Every Board Member Must Face: A 1-Hour Crash Course on Raising Major Gifts for Nonprofit Organizations'. He goes into some detail on each of them.

Three of those 'realities' are:

1. Wealth Alone Doesn't Determine
2. A Few Contribute the Most
3. The Secret to Success

Read the full GuideStar article to learn more from the author about these three fundraising tips.

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