Best Fundraising Tips: 6 Benefits Donors Provide that Grants Cannot

​ @Tom Iselin
The "Rainmaker" series provides strategies, tips, tactics, secrets, trainings, and lessons for board members, CEOs, and staff to improve performance, impact, engagement, governance, and culture of their nonprofit.

This video is 4 min. This video is reminder that grants and galas are effective but donors provide much more long-term value.

Tom Iselin
“America’s Best Board Retreat and Strategic Planning Facilitator”

About First Things First
Tom Iselin has built four sector-leading nonprofits and four foundations. He’s written six books, sits on six boards, and hosts a video blog and podcast. Each year, Tom speaks to more than 5,000 nonprofit leaders at conferences across the country. He is considered America's best board retreat and strategic planning facilitator and is a leading authority on high-performance nonprofits, and his impact on the industry has been featured on CNN, Nightline, and in Newsweek.

Tom is the president of First Things First, a business specializing in board development retreats, strategic planning, fundraising, executive coaching, and speaking. To relax, he loves mountain biking, hiking, skiing, tennis, and baking.

If you’re in the hunt for the best board retreat/board development facilitation, or the best strategic planning facilitation, it would be a privilege to learn more about your organization and the aspirations you hope to achieve as you work to propel your noble mission. Jot me an email to set up a meet-and-greet call.

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