This post was written by Toby Tremlett, with input from Rick Holland. 

Rick Holland, the Director of Confident Philanthropy, will be holding an AMA during Funding Strategy Week (formerly known as Funding Diversification Week). Leave your questions in the comments of this post, and Rick will answer them on Thursday the 7th of November. 

Through his consultancy, Rick has been advising organisations on their fundraising efforts for the past fifteen years, and has led the fundraising efforts at a variety of nonprofits for many years before that. 

In our conversations, Rick has said that although all organisations are different, there are many things that we can do to strengthen our relationships with our funders and supporters. Rick is open to questions that run the gamut about fundraising, whether about overall organisational strategy or day-to-day donor and gift management.

Rick has worked with VeganForTheAnimals, ALLFED, The Vagina Museum, GFI, Humanists UK, Otwarte Klatki (Open Cages), More United, and many other organisations inside and outside of EA circles.

I thought it would be particularly interesting to ask Rick questions during Funding Strategy Week, when the Forum will be discussing a wide range of funding-related questions.

Consider asking Rick about:

• Trade-offs between relying on major funders versus appealing to small donors
• How to discover what motivates funders
• Common fundraising mistakes made by EA organisations
• Tapping into the knowledge and expertise of your funders
• How you might work with existing funders to find new funders
• The most underrated Beatles song.