Author: Virginia Davidson

About Virginia Davidson: Virginia is a member of LGL’s customer support team. She has over 15 years of fundraising experience and continues to be active in development as she fundraises for Alamo Rescue Friends, a non-profit dog rescue organization she founded in 2010. Virginia loves sharing practical ways for fundraisers to be more efficient and effective in their work, no matter how much experience they have or how big or small their organization is.

Posts by Virginia Davidson

3 simple ways to streamline your acknowledgments for donor stewardship

Posted on April 6, 2023 (October 24, 2024)

Donor stewardship is a crucial part of fundraising, and the most fundamental way to steward your donors is to acknowledge their gift. But when a nonprofit’s staff members are pulled in many directions, or when you’re in the midst of processing a high volume of year-end gifts, sometimes essentials like gift acknowledgments can get pushed […]

Setting up your nonprofit’s database administrator for success

Posted on March 22, 2023 (March 22, 2023)

A database administrator can be a valuable member of your development team, but only if the role is set up for success. To learn how an organization can best utilize a database administrator, I spoke with Judith Youngblood, a member of LGL’s Consultant Network. A database administrator is typically charged with data maintenance, as well […]

4 tips to manage event sponsorships

Posted on February 23, 2023

It takes a lot of work to manage an event, so it’s important to have systems in place to handle details like event sponsorships. Follow these four suggestions to create a system to manage event sponsorships that can work well for you and your sponsors: 1. Plan ahead and pay attention to eligibility Many companies require […]

How to address compassion fatigue at your nonprofit

Posted on February 9, 2023 (February 9, 2023)

What’s the difference between compassion fatigue and burnout, and how can nonprofit organizations address these challenges? To learn more, I spoke with Jessica Dolce, an educator who offers compassion fatigue and resilience training. Understanding compassion fatigue Jessica’s definition of compassion fatigue is a “profound physical, emotional, and spiritual depletion, due to the constant demands of […]

Eight tips from the LGL Consultant Network

Posted on January 26, 2023 (September 19, 2024)

With the flurry of year-end activity behind you, the members of the LGL Consultant Network have great tips that your nonprofit can implement now to ensure that you’re set up for fundraising success in the months ahead. As consultant Felicia Terry notes, when your donor management system is used to its fullest it’s a tool […]

How to make tax preparation more convenient for your donors

Posted on January 11, 2023

You can make tax preparation more convenient for your donors by sending them annual statements in January. Annual statements provide your donors with a single document that includes all the information they, or their tax preparer, will need. It’s a nice way to provide your donors with a specific, convenient resource so they don’t have to […]

How can small nonprofits overcome hurdles to fundraising?

Posted on December 19, 2022 (December 19, 2022)

In this post, we’re excited to share some expert tips to help small nonprofits overcome hurdles and fundraise more efficiently and effectively. When Little Green Light hosted its Meet the Author webinar with author Erik Hanberg, attendees submitted so many great questions for the Q&A portion that we couldn’t answer them all in our allotted time. […]

How to expand and pay for your fundraising staff

Posted on December 6, 2022 (December 5, 2022)

To raise more money for your organization, you may need to expand your fundraising staff. But what’s the right position to add, and how do you pay for it? Thankfully, we have some expert advice for you. When Little Green Light hosted its Meet the Author webinar with author Erik Hanberg, attendees submitted so many […]

How often can you ask for a gift from a donor?

Posted on November 15, 2022 (November 15, 2022)

It’s important to retain donors, but how often can you ask a donor for a gift? Is it okay to ask more than once in a year? If you’re not sure, you’re in good company. When Little Green Light hosted its Meet the Author webinar with author Erik Hanberg, attendees submitted so many great questions for the […]

Do you have a system to support your planned giving program?

Posted on November 2, 2022 (October 31, 2022)

Planned gifts provide crucial support to nonprofits. That’s why it’s important to have a simple system in place to support your planned giving program. As author Erik Hanberg notes in The Little Book of Gold, planned gifts “represent an opportunity for giving unequaled during a person’s lifetime. After all, it might be hard to […]

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