When soliciting board donations, keep it personal

When asking your board to make a financial contribution to the organization, there's more to it than simply throwing out a request at a board meeting and then waiting for the checks to roll in. Unfortunately, that scenario is not as uncommon as you'd expect, experts say. A board president will announce during a regular meeting that all members are expected to make meaningful cash gifts to the organization, and then pass around pledge forms that members are then asked to fill out and return by the next meeting.