Getting to Your First Million | The Basics & More

Is your nonprofit consistently raising less than $1 million per year?

Does your organization do great work, but at the same time, you’re constantly worried about fundraising and where the money will come from to run your programs?

Would raising $1 million or more per year allow your nonprofit to do far more good with far less stress and hassle?

Do you want to learn straightforward, time-tested strategies for raising $1 million or more at your organization – starting today?

If you’ve been feeling “stuck” at whatever level you’re at, year after year, Getting to Your First Million | The Basics & More was created just for you.

This five-week multi-media course includes everything you need to know to help you move your organization from surviving to thriving, drawing on the best practices and strategies available in nonprofit development.

“Breaking down the process into segments takes away the ‘overwhelm factor’ of a workshop or a webinar and guides you incrementally into achieving what you thought was impossible! You provided valuable insight into all angles of how to write a meaningful piece to insight reaction from donors. Great work!”

Class Participant, Direct Mail Fundraising | The Basics & More!

Who is This Class For?

Getting to Your First Million | The Basics & More is designed for anyone who works at a nonprofit that raises less than one million dollars per year (that’s excluding government support, fee-for-service or tuition payments). If you are a start up organization or have yet to raise your first 100,000, this course is probably not for you.

Whether you’re new to fundraising or have been in the trenches for years, this course will show you how to reach seven figures in fundraising revenue for your organization.

It’s ideal for Executive Directors, Development Directors, board members, fundraising staff members and fundraising volunteers, as well as nonprofit development consultants.

Our focus during this class will be pure and simple: what tried-and-true fundraising strategies will get you to $1 million — starting today?

What’s in the Class?

Getting to Your First Million | The Basics & More will run from Monday, April 7th through Friday, May 9th. The class runs completely online, and all materials will be delivered electronically.

Class materials will arrive to your inbox every Monday. During the five weeks of the class, there will be three webinars, two written guides and bonuses, including a few surprises. All of the webinars will be recorded, so you can watch them at your leisure… which means that you won’t need to be in front of your computer at any set time.

Don’t worry – we’ll include information on how to download the materials and watch the webinars, and provide technical support to make sure you can access everything in the class.

“I loved being able to control my time better, so that I could keep up with the materials as they came.”

The Class Modules: Getting to Your First Million | The Basics & More

Here are the weekly course modules you will be receiving:

• Week #1; April 7th – Webinar: Using the Fundraising Funnel to Maximize Your Fundraising – walking everyone thru what prospecting is.
• Week #2; April 14th – Webinar: How to Supercharge Your Fundraising Strategies
• Week #3; April 21st – Written Guide: How to Rapidly Grow Fundraising at Your Nonprofit
• Week #4; April 28th – Written Guide: How to Supercharge Your Board Fundraising
• Week #5; May 5th – Webinar: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Reaching $1 Million

Each webinar is approximately 45 minutes in length and can be watched at your convenience, as many times as you’d like.

Learn When and Where You Want

One of the best things about this class is that you can read the guides and watch the webinars from the comfort of your own home or office. Instead of having to take a day off to go to a seminar or offsite workshop, you can learn everything you need to know about maximizing your fundraising, right where you are.

And — you have lifetime access to the class materials! So even if you can’t go through all of the modules right now, you can read and watch when you’re ready. There are no tests or quizzes, only solid information that you can review whenever you’re ready, with lifetime access to the course pages.

We have really loved being a part of your program and learned a ton!! Please know you are a big part of our development team here at the Intervale Center, and we not just achieved but exceeded our community fundraising goals by $24,000 in 2013 thanks for great advice and support from Simple Development Systems!!

Mandy Fischer, Development Manager, Intervale Center

 

Learn from the Best in the Business

Your Trainers

Getting to Your First Million | The Basics & More  is being taught by Joe Garecht and Pamela Grow.  Joe is the founder of The Fundraising Authority, and has spent the past 12 years helping organization worldwide raise more money.  As a Development Director, Executive Director and fundraising consultant, he has helped dozens of nonprofits raise $1 million or more per year.  Now, he wants to help your nonprofit raise the money you need to thrive.

Joe is the author of Raising Money Without Going Crazy and The Nonprofit Fundraising Formula, and a popular speaker and trainer on fundraising and development.

Pamela Grow has raised millions throughout her career as a nonprofit consultant and publisher of The Grow Report, the leading free weekly resource for small shop fundraisers.  She is the author of the first online grant writing guide, Five Days to Foundation Grants, and Simple Development Systems: Successful Fundraising for the One-Person Shop, known as the “bible for donor-centered fundraising.”  She’s committed to providing small nonprofits with the tools they need for sustainable funding through her year-long membership program, Simple Development Systems featuring training from leaders in the industry.   Pam was named one of the Top 40 Most Effective Fundraising Consultants in the United States by the Michael Chatman Giving Show,  her blog was ranked 47th of the Top 150 Nonprofit Blogs, and she was named one of the 50 Most Influential Fundraisers in the world by Civil Society Magazine.

“I found the substance as well as the form of presentation very compelling.  I intend to recommend it to some of my clients who desperately need annual fund enhancement.  Also, I will use it with my graduate students at Brandeis University where I teach fundraising management—and have for the past 22 years.”

David A. Mersky, Mersky, Jaffe & Associates (Monthly Giving | The Basics & More!)

Have Your Whole Team Participate!

If you have a team of people working with your nonprofit and you’d like them all to participate in this class, there’s no extra charge for additional team members.  You can have your entire development team, board of directors, or staff have access to the class, all for one course registration fee.  After registration, you will receive an email with instructions on additions.

I had great success with the last course I took with you. My first EOY appeal campaign (sent mid December, a 4 page letter and lots of “yous”:) came in 38% higher than the previous year so far! And envelopes are still coming in. Very exciting.

Margo Reveil, Cook Inletkeeper

Your Investment in Getting to Your First Million | The Basics & More

A full-day seminar on rapidly growing your fundraising can cost anywhere from $250-$500 (not including travel expenses), and yet not offer anywhere near the amount or quality of materials that are included with this class…

Registration for the entire class, including all of the course materials, guides and webinars for yourself and up to eight members of your team is priced at $77.

We just registered for the eCourse – Your Fundraising Plan & Case for Support. Thank you for sharing this amazing opportunity at so reasonable a cost for tiny nonprofits like ours.

Heidi Jones

Special Bonuses

To help you reach $1 Million faster, everyone who participates in this course will receive the following bonuses:

Bonus #1:  Supercharged Fundraising Samples Pack

Every participant will also receive a copy of The Fundraising Authority’s Supercharged Fundraising Samples Pack, which includes professionally written fundraising materials you can use as templates and guides for your own path to $1 million raised.

The pack includes a sample fundraising plan, case for support, fundraising letter, e-mail solicitation, grant, and much more!

My Commitment to You

I toiled away for many years, working for small nonprofits, and wearing many hats:  grantwriter, individual giving manager, webmaster, event planner, database manager, graphic designer, marketing director, and more.  Funding for training was non-existent at best, and I often paid for books, workshops and seminars out-of-pocket.  That is often the hard reality of the small shop fundraiser.

In the Basics & More eCourses, you will always find outstanding donor-focused fundraising training, offered by the industry’s leaders…at the lowest price.  Guaranteed.

If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with the content of this course, you can stop taking it at any time and receive a full, 100%, no questions asked refund.  You will love this class, and it will make a huge difference for your nonprofit organization.