Questions to Guide Your Donor Cultivation & Stewardship

Taking time to reflect on how you are cultivating and stewarding your key donors and prospects is key to thoughtfully and purposefully developing relationships that lead to transformational partnerships and investments.

Consider reflecting on the following questions to help guide your planning and strategy with key donors. Download the list.

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Amy Varga

Amy Varga

President

Amy Varga is a beloved fundraising trainer, coach and consultant. She and her team at The Varga Group have guided over a hundred nonprofit clients to raise millions of dollars through their services in capital campaign counsel, major gifts training, leadership coaching, and board development projects.

Follow us on Instagram @thevargagroup

Most of the time, I’m working with leaders and b

Most of the time, I’m working with leaders and boards on capital campaigns, major fundraising initiatives, board development, or executive coaching but a few times a year I take on a fellow nonprofit consultant and help them scale or level up their business.

A few years ago, I did that with @lizlange who’s based in Lincoln, Nebraska. She’s whip smart, delivers results, and deeply cares for her clients and community. Plus she’s funny and kind and a good person. 🫶🏻

So when she decided to take herself on a business retreat in Portland to make space to think about what’s next for her business and asked if I’d be a part of it, easiest yes ever ✨

Our time together boiled down to this — which applies to all leaders — once you’ve reached a certain stage in your career, it stops being about more technical knowledge and more about growing yourself.

Leadership is an inside job, and it starts with us leading ourselves. And we are usually our hardest direct report. ✨
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Here’s to a year ahead of glorious new mistakes

Here’s to a year ahead of glorious new mistakes ✨And all the learning and growing to come! ✨

This is the sign of a great workshop in my opinion

This is the sign of a great workshop in my opinion — lots of talking and engagement by the participants, and less talking by the presenter. Learning and change happen not by talking at people, but by getting them talking 🫶🏻

Loved presenting two workshops at the the The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement’s national conference today 🐶😻

Session 1 ✨ Learn to Build a Culture Where Fundraising Thrives

Session 2 ✨ How to Inspire Your Board to Fall in Love with Fundraising (Really!)

I love helping executives, staff and board members reimagine fundraising and remember why their work matters. ❤️

Started my week off on Monday in Eugene leading a

Started my week off on Monday in Eugene leading a board retreat for Cornerstone Community Housing and ending in Vancouver leading a retreat for the Police Activities League of SW Washington board.

Board members are some of the biggest unsung heroes in our communities 💙

Be sure to tell a board member how much you appreciate them. ✨

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Loved delivering these adorable cookies to our new

Loved delivering these adorable cookies to our newest capital campaign client today @catadoptpdx 😻

Grateful The Varga Group team is working with such wonderful board members, leaders and donors at these organizations making such an impact in their communities! ✨

💙 Cornerstone Community Housing

💙 Family Justice Center of Washington County

💙 Benton Community Foundation

💙 De La Salle High School

💙 Jesuit Volunteer Corps

💙 Pacific University

💙 Path Home

💙 Oregon Environmental Council

💙 Portland Audubon

💙 Central City Concern

💙 Police Activities League of SW Washington

💙 CAT Adoption

Celebrating the hard work of the faculty and staff

Celebrating the hard work of the faculty and staff at the end of the school year of our new capital campaign client @dlshs.concord today ✨

They deserve so much more than the cupcakes we are having delivered for their incredible commitment to educating young men of excellence and character.

Such a gift to support organizations like De La Salle in growing their impact ✨

How can you do something unexpected and sweet for someone in your work world today? 💚
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Thankful for the wonderful clients we are currentl

Thankful for the wonderful clients we are currently working with!

⭐ Benton Community Foundation
⭐ Dougy Center
⭐ Family Justice Center of Washington County
⭐ Hands On Children's Museum in Olympia
⭐ Northwest Academy
⭐ NW Children's Theater & School
⭐ Oregon Environmental Council
⭐ Path Home (formerly Portland Homeless Family Solutions)
⭐ Portland Audubon
⭐ Rose Villa Senior Living
⭐ Plus our Executive Coaching & Business Mentoring clients

We are extremely thankful for the trust placed in us and grateful to support such wonderful clients ❤️

The Varga Group is proud to be a woman-owned business.