I recently discovered a book which I think would be great summer reading for anyone looking for tips to energize a nonprofit board. It’s written for employers looking to motivate their staff, but all the tips seem equally, if not more, relevant for motivating volunteer leaders. It’s called “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates [...]
According to an article in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, there have been more eight- and nine-figure gifts given in the first half of 2010 than in 2009. The article states: “At least 20 people have made gifts of $20-million to $35-million in the past six months; in the first part of 2009, only 13 such [...]
We here at The Collins Group are big fans of Christopher Davenport’s Movie Monday series – but not this week. In this week’s video, Spokane-based consultant Jeanne Ager explains her style of “mini-feasibility studies.” You can view the video here. Ager’s approach to a “mini-feasibility study” would indeed be less costly and less time-consuming than [...]
The results of the new Money for Good report will surprise you. The Money for Good initiative seeks to provide a comprehensive understanding of the behaviors, attitudes, and motivations of affluent Americans with respect to impact investing, charitable giving, and international entrepreneurship. Focus groups and an online survey (Hope Consulting conducted the research) tapped the [...]
About a week ago, the Wall Street Journal published an article entitled “Smart Money: Is Your Favorite Charity Spying on You?” The article describes how nonprofits research donors by using wealth screening tools, public records and databases that provide career and education information, stock holdings, charitable giving history, campaign contributions, and home and real estate [...]
On March 22, the Nonprofit Finance Fund released a survey of more than 1,300 nonprofit leaders in markets nationwide, finding that nonprofits expect 2010 to be an increasingly challenging year as the economic recovery has not yet reached people in need or the organizations that serve them. Key findings from the survey include: Nearly 90 [...]
Hot off the presses, Convio’s latest study on giving trends among different generations. The most significant element of this study? Why people give. Across the board, personal asks carry the greatest success – but what about those dusty direct mail letters or text-to-give numbers that seems to be everywhere? You’ll have to read to find out, and when [...]
A recent study by the American Association of Museums has found that attendance increased at museums nationwide during the past year, despite a drop in funding. Science centers and natural history museums saw the most gains in attendance, as did institutions in the Midwest and West. Factors cited for the increase include new programming as [...]
According to a new report on 2009 giving by Convio, a fundraising software firm, more than $284 million was donated online in major cities across the U.S., up from almost $240 million in 2008. The report ranked 273 large cities with total population of more than 100,000 based on per capita online giving and on [...]
As a fundraising professional, you know how important it is to meet your donors and supporters where they’re spending their time. In this case, it’s online – even when they’re on the go: A recent study conducted by comScore revealed that, as of January 2010, over 30 percent of smartphone users are accessing social networking [...]
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