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Components of an Assessment
Before you can improve, you need to know where you are. Learn the key questions missionaries should ask to get an honest read on their current fundraising situation.
How to approach Assessment
Step 1 of every great fundraising plan is assessment. Learn the mindset and action steps missionaries need to accurately assess what's working and chart the best path forward.
Consider not using the word "Consider"
One weak word is costing missionaries donations. Learn why the word 'consider' undermines your fundraising invitations — and what to say instead to get a clear response.
Save Time! Use Typeinator
Repetitive typing eats up fundraising time. Learn how Typeinator helps missionaries automate common phrases and communications so they can focus on building relationships.
Want to sign up one of your Missionaries for Tailored?
Mission organizations: learn how to sign up your missionaries for Tailored Fundraising's one-on-one coaching program and help your whole team get fully funded faster.
The Power of a Short Term Fundraising Goal
Feeling stuck or plateaued? Setting a small, achievable fundraising goal for the next two weeks can reignite your momentum and stretch your faith in God's provision.
Use Your Time Wisely - Send an End of the Year Letter
A year-end letter is one of your most valuable fundraising tools. Learn what it is, who to send it to, and how to write one that moves your contact list to give before December 31.
Running Out of Contacts? Try this.
Your contact list doesn't have to run dry. Learn how to expand your donor network by leveraging your pastor and other ministry connections to find new potential partners.
Before You Leave
Leaving for the field soon? Learn how to plan meaningful, unhurried connections with key donors before you go — so you leave fully supported and deeply connected.
What to Do When You're Stuck
Just like in a marathon... there are always people running beside you who want to be a part of a team making an eternal difference in people’s lives. You just need to ask them to run the race with you!
Cut out Comparing Yourself
Comparison kills confidence. Learn why every missionary's fundraising journey is unique — and how to stay focused on your calling instead of measuring against others.
You Got This!
Fundraising is hard, especially at first. This post reminds missionaries that you are more capable than you feel — and that clarity and confidence come with practice.
When a Paint Sprayer Spreads Vision
You never know when God will use an unlikely moment to build your support team. This real story reminds missionaries not to underestimate any opportunity to share their calling.
What Compels You?
Do you really know your donors? Learn how missionaries who invest in understanding their partners' lives create stronger, longer-lasting financial partnerships.
Don't Dim Your Lights
Don't minimize what God is doing through you. This post encourages missionaries to share their work boldly and confidently so donors can see the full picture and respond.
Donors not responding? Try this.
Silence from donors is frustrating — but fixable. Learn the Tailored approach to thinking bigger with major gift asks and getting a response when donors have gone quiet.
Thinking Bigger = Bigger Funding
Small asks produce small results. Learn why missionaries who shift their mindset to think bigger about major donors consistently raise more and reach full funding faster.
5 Steps to Increased Funding
Don't let donor pledges fall through. These 5 follow-up steps help missionaries express gratitude, share impact, and lock in commitments from partners who said they'd give.