September 28, 2020

“All’s fair in love and fundraising”

Fifteen famous proverbs, rewritten for nonprofit life.

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If at first your messaging does not succeed, tweet, retweet, and retweet again.

2

Don’t count your billionaires before they sign a cheque.

3

All’s fair in love and fundraising.

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4

An idle mind is the devil at an off-site workshop.

5

The best things in life are free. Everything else needs a good pitch document.

6

Cleanliness comes after godliness (or so it seems when you see how much religious organisations can raise compared to nonprofits working on sanitation issues).

7

All good grants come to an end.

8

Money talks. And talks. And talks.

All's fair in love and fundraising

9

Never put off until tomorrow what an intern can do today.

10

No gain without painfully long meetings.

11

One man’s junk mail is another man’s fundraising letter.

12

A millionaire in hand is worth two billionaires in the bush.

13

A little knowledge is a dangerous board member.

14

A penny saved is a penny you won’t get in next year’s budget.

15

A poor workman blames his Wi-Fi connection.

This article was inspired by a similar piece by Vu Le.

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Peter Griffin

Peter Griffin is a writer who has worked in advertising, web content, and journalism and is now on a sabbatical to pursue literary and nonprofit projects. He has worked with nonprofits and development organisations professionally and as a volunteer or advisor, and has covered them as a journalist.

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