Building a Culture of Philanthropy Within Your Organization When development professionals want to learn about how to engage volunteer leadership and donors, there are a wealth of resources from which to choose, but when it comes to getting fellow staff members more involved in development efforts where do you begin? Colleagues can often feel that [...]
Unless you’ve done your homework, the answer to that question will either be “I don’t know” or “maybe.” Fundraising events are part of the revenue mix for virtually every nonprofit, no matter how large or small the budget. They are often one of the first strategies undertaken by a nonprofit, and the last to be [...]
With business news of the past week focused on the anniversary of the financial meltdown, it’s time to pause and reflect on what has changed or not changed in the nonprofit sector during this unprecedented year. One lingering fear of the past year has been that gifts of significance—those that are life changing for organizations [...]
Last month, I had the opportunity to see Michael Kaiser, the President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, speak in Tacoma. The presentation was entitled “Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative.” The timing was convenient, as I had recently finished reading Kaiser’s book The Art of the Turnaround: Creating and [...]
Yesterday I attended a fundraising revival of sorts, the second annual AFP Major Gifts Symposium in Seattle. Along with 300+ fundraising professionals, trustees, and CEOs, I was challenged to refresh my thinking about donor stewardship in the context of creating a philanthropic environment that supports successful major gifts fundraising. That environment, keynote speaker Karen Osborne [...]
America’s health insurance crisis has become a crisis of survival for America’s nonprofit organizations. Organizations that should be focused on relieving poverty, promoting self-sufficiency, educating children, helping families, and providing elderly care are instead being consumed with worries about how they will continue to maintain their workforce in the face of steadily escalating health benefit [...]
Stuart Grover, TCG’s Chairman Emeritus, debuted his latest book “Getting the Green: Fundraising Campaigns for Community Colleges” this week. With community colleges facing increased enrollment and decreased public funding, ”Getting the Green” offers community college–specific guidance for every step of planning, carrying out, and following up fundraising campaigns. A 30+ year veteran of the nonprofit sector, [...]
You’ve heard it all before. The internet and, more specifically, social media are changing the way that we communicate. You’ve probably read a blog (maybe even this one) that encouraged the use of new technology to reach out to those elusive Gen X and Y-ers to “meet them where they are.” A recent article released [...]
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