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Learn how to raise more money so you can help more people. Ask the question on your desk this week and get a straight answer from hundreds of articles, courses, and podcast episodes.
Year-end season
December is your biggest month. Finish strong.
Find your fix
Start with what's broken.
"Our donors give once and disappear."The fixThe Gratitude System · $149 →"Almost nobody gives monthly."The fixMonthly Giving Masterclass · $199 →"December is coming and we don't have a plan."The fixFinish Strong workbook · $29 →"I learned fundraising on the job. Nobody trained me."The fixCNFP certification · $199 →"Our emails get opened. They just don't raise money."The fixCNEM certification · $199 →"Everyone's using AI and I'm falling behind."The fixCNAF certification · $249 →
Certifications
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Exam-based credentials built by practitioners and priced for real nonprofit budgets. You earn the letters by passing an exam, not by showing up.
Also enrolling: Certified Nonprofit Grant Writer, Certified Nonprofit Email Marketer and Certified Nonprofit Development Director.
Training courses
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Every course comes with worksheets, templates, and step-by-step guides.
Donor retention calculator
The cheapest money you'll ever raise is already in your database.
Keep 10 more of every 100 donors, and next year you raise
+$16,800
without finding a single new donor.
From returning donors today$75,600
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Credentials, worksheets, and a weekly voice in your ear from someone who raises money for a living.
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Every certification includes a free practice exam, three attempts, and no time limit.
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A donor made a first gift of $50 last week. What should happen next?
A. Add them to the next appeal mailingB. Thank them personally within 48 hoursC. Ask them to become a monthly donorD. Wait until year-end to contact themCourses
Short weekly lessons with the templates built in.
Work a week at a time, use it in your next campaign, and pick up where you left off.
Browse coursesMonthly Giving Masterclass2 of 6 done
Week 1 · Naming and brandingDoneWeek 2 · Your first monthly askDoneWeek 3 · The welcome journeyUp nextWeek 4 · RetentionLockedWorkbooks
Finish the workbook with your plan already done.
Finish Strong walks you through a 13-week year-end campaign. Every chapter ends in a worksheet, and the worksheets stack into one plan.
Get Finish StrongWorksheet 4 · Your year-end goalRaised last year-end$210,000This year's goal$240,000Lapsed donors to win back380Example: Riverbend Community Food Pantry, followed through the whole workbook.
Nonprofit Answers podcast
Short episodes for the drive to the office.
Jeremy answers the questions fundraisers ask, in series you can follow start to finish.
From the blog
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Books
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Coming soon: The Small Nonprofit Fundraising Playbook and The Nonprofit Personality.
What leaders say
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Kristin SmithVP, Marketing & Development"Jeremy Reis pulls back the curtain and provides a simple framework for nonprofit practitioners seeking predictable increase in donor giving, volunteer engagement and staff retention."
Charity MedinaHeights Strategic Marketing"Jeremy shares game-changing truths, concepts, and advice for any and everyone who wants to do a better job being ‘sticky’ when it comes to attracting and keeping passionate and committed donors and other partners."
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- 75-question exam, no time limit
- Three attempts included
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