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Category: Free Resources

12AugDecember 1, 2023
By Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP

Super Simple Elevator Speech Template [free download]

How do you talk about your nonprofit organization? How do your board members talk about your organization? Are they nervous? If so, they're

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Posted in Free Resources
25JulOctober 6, 2026
By Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP

Monthly Donor Conversion Request Template [free download]

[yourchannel video="XoS_R3RTrU8"] Monthly donors. They sound great, right? Predictable, recurring, consistent revenue. {cue fundraiser droo

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Posted in Free Resources, Fundraising Appeals, Monthly Giving
11JulDecember 1, 2023
By Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP

Evaluation Sheet for New Fundraising Ideas [free download]

Do you have more ideas than you know what to do with? Or does your board of directors have more ideas for you than you can possibly act on

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Posted in Free Resources, Fundraising Events
21JunSeptember 24, 2020
By Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP

Board Fundraising Menu

Do you have a "fundraising board?" Did that question just make you laugh? If so, you are not alone, many (most) nonprofit organizations strug

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Posted in Board Fundraising Engagement, Free Resources
Fundraising Forecasting Template
02JunOctober 7, 2026
By Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP

Fundraising Forecasting Template

I'm practicing what I preach today.  Rather than creating a fundraising forecasting tool for you, I'm sharing the awesome one that my friend Pe

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Posted in Free Resources
13MayOctober 6, 2026
By Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP

Grant Calendar Template [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Have you ever missed a grant deadline?  Or maybe more likely, a grant close out report deadline?  It's easy to do. What's the s

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Posted in Free Resources
04AprDecember 1, 2023
By Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP

Donor Touch Point Listing

So we all know that we should contact our donors more frequently, but not by asking. However, in the middle of trying to tackle our 172 item to

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Posted in Free Resources
06MarDecember 1, 2023
By Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP

Auction Item Wishlist Template

Do you ask your board or event committee to bring in silent auction items but nothing happens? Is it like pulling teeth to get them to even roun

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Posted in Free Resources, Fundraising Events
Guide to the Best Charity Auction Items
28FebOctober 6, 2026
By Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP

Guide to the Best Charity Auction Items

Every year, pro auctioneer and charity auction expert Sherry Truhlar of Red Apple Auctions puts out a free guide to the best auction items she sold t

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Posted in Free Resources, Fundraising Events

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