Trevor Nelson and Sandy Hilsenrath answer fundraising and nonprofit-related questions from the audience and the HGA team.

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Questions answered:

00:00 What separates nonprofits from consistently grow year over year, from those that stay flat?

02:07 What is the single most important fundraising tool you have?

02:43 If you could reset one misconception nonprofits have about fundraising partners, what would it be?

06:52 What social media platform to find corporate sponsors / partners

08:28 What are some creative ways you've seen nonprofits raise money outside of the traditional methods (i.e. live auction, silent auction, paddle raise)

10:40 What is the most impactful gift you've received on Christmas?

12:07 How to bring up fresh ideas for fundraising when you have stubborn board members stuck in their old ways?

15:05 Best communication practices for the new year

17:30 How would you build a nonprofit "super team" from scratch?

19:12 Which HGA auction items are raising the most amount of money right now?

20:48 If you had one piece of an advice for an event fundraiser, what would it be?

23:41 What's the other magic number for fundraising?

24:37 What are the best industries to target for corporate sponsorships?

28:16 Do you believe in new year's resolutions? And what resolutions would you recommend for nonprofits to have for 2026?

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