Optimize the ask. Sustain the asker.
170 terms for the work of raising money — development, grants, giving vehicles, governance, leadership, operations, communications, and the calendar that governs all of it.
Some of these name things worth doing. Some name the ways good organizations get stuck. Where a definition sounds like it is making a joke, it is usually just being accurate.
One rule governs the list: -maxxing attaches to the practice, never to the population or the need. There is a term here for the food bank fundraising model and none for hunger.
Compiled 2026 · VRDD LLC · See also: What is FundraiseMaxxing?