All Categories - Avraham Lewis| The Fundraising Coach for Jewish Leaders
January 16, 2025
Imagine finding a donor who gives $10 million to their charities every single day. MacKenzie...
January 9, 2025
Imagine you’re in campaign mode now. You’ve got your big donors you know you can rely on. You...
January 1, 2025
We're human beings. Which means we can be altruistic, other-centered, and focused on the greater...
December 24, 2024
It’s an honor to have guest writer, Danny Louis, of dannywritescopy.com, write today’s piece....
December 22, 2024
They called him - (Can you finish the sentence?) They called him Mike. Elimelech “Mike”...
December 15, 2024
How many days do you usually push off phone calls you’re nervous to make? “Me, Avraham? I’m...
December 8, 2024
Who’s up for finding a new major donor this week? It’s not as unlikely as it sounds. Not if you...
December 1, 2024
Work-life balance. That elusive utopia we’re all chasing. I don’t know if it’s ever possible to...
November 19, 2024
Numbers are like salt. They’re crucial to bring out flavor, but they should never be a main...
November 13, 2024
You’re in shul, and a meshulach comes up to you. He’s collecting for Yeshivas X in Bnei Brak. You...
November 10, 2024
What’s more effective: getting an intro to a donor, or going in cold? Getting an intro, of...
November 3, 2024
“My brother works for this big heimishe entrepreneur. They say the guy is a real ba’al tzedakah....
October 27, 2024
There are two ways you can grow your organization: Way #1: Get a blank check from someone very,...
October 1, 2024
What if you could make $50k in a three-minute phone call? There was a Bais Yaakov who was...
September 26, 2024
A longtime friend of the list and former coachee wrote in to ask a very insightful question ...
September 18, 2024
Mazel tov – your nephew is getting married tonight! Normally, you enjoy family simchas. As you...
September 11, 2024
Fundraising might not feel like the most glorious job in the world sometimes. In fact, at times,...
September 4, 2024
We think we’re rational, logical adults who make rational, logical decisions. And, for the most...
September 1, 2024
Nobody likes false humility. You’ll be glad to hear, then, that our topic today has everything...
August 7, 2024
You know this feeling, don’t you? You’ve got to write an important donor email. You put off the...