Monthly giving is more than a fundraising tactic. It's a relationship-building strategy that creates sustainable revenue and deeper connection with the people who believe in your work.

Last week, I joined Ronald Pruitt and the 4aGoodCause team for a live training on building sustainable monthly giving programs. The energy was incredible. Attendees from across the U.S. and as far as South Africa, Belgium, India, and Canada showed up ready to learn, share, and dream about what's possible when we build recurring donor communities.

In this blog, I candidly answer questions submitted with this training’s registration.

You did it. We did it. And Idahoans without a safe and stable place to live are better off because of our collective action.

Together, we raised record-breaking funding from a record-breaking number of people: over $6 million from 6,500+ donors for 104 organizations addressing housing insecurity statewide.

So what now? With the donation deadline passed, this is your chance to wrap things up in a way that sets you up for an even stronger campaign next year. Think of it as tending to the relationships you've built, not just closing the books.

Here are six ways to finish strong…

People First has grown a lot in the last three years, and at the intersection of our growth and the ongoing American housing crisis sits our newest exciting evolution: our decision to specialize in working with nonprofits committed to ending housing insecurity.

In this post, Am walks you through how we got here and what we’re looking forward to.

Who has received a nonprofit donation appeal letter recently?

Here's one I received from Quarriers yesterday.

As someone who helps nonprofits create these, I am always interested to see what organizations come up with.

We did a brave thing.

One year ago, just two months after our wedding, seated on the couch in our cramped one bedroom apartment, my wife and I started People First Communications. For years we had played with the idea of starting a business together. We had no idea it would happen so soon.