TCG client Rig Riggins, CEO of the YMCA in Spokane, is the star of today’s Movie Monday from 501 Videos. Rig’s team was able to turn an otherwise uninterested corporate CEO into an excited major donor. How did it do it? Click here to watch the video and hear his story. Share and Enjoy:
The Methow Valley is the place to be this Memorial Day weekend. On Saturday, in true Methow-style, the Conservancy has gathered donors and community members together to say thank you and to celebrate the conclusion of their $20 million campaign to protect the best land in the valley. The event held at “The Barn” in [...]
Certainly not the Arts Council of Snohomish County! This year, the Arts Council is completing their “Live, Learn, Create” capital campaign. In partnership with Artspace, the Council is creating a visual arts education center combined with 42 live/work spaces dedicated for artists. The Council is on the home stretch of their $6 million private fundraising [...]
With the onslaught of holiday parties comes the annual “small talk” tour. How’s the year been for you? Fair to middling, thanks. What are you reading right now? “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson. What’s new and exciting? Our dog Penny. Have I told you about our lovely dog? Last Saturday was [...]
When I moved to Seattle 20 years ago, I gave up access to the New York edition of The New York Times. My Saturday and Sunday mornings are punctuated by the delivery of the national edition but…it’s just not the same. I read the online edition regularly, especially for stories that didn’t make the national [...]
A current TCG campaign client, the Methow Conservancy, put a big challenge out to its community this summer. It wasn’t the typical fundraising challenge, where raising a certain dollar amount would unlock a challenge award. This was the Every Donor Counts Challenge. The Methow Conservancy’s Imagine the Methow Campaign received a $100,000 challenge from a [...]
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, [...]
I am writing today’s blog post from Anchorage where I have been meeting with two of our firm’s clients: Camp Fire USA Alaska Council and Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center. Members of our firm are in Alaska on a pretty regular basis, and we have been watching development of the philanthropic culture in this region through our [...]
Celebrating the completion of an important community project and capital campaign is always sweet, but this summer, after such a tumultuous economic year, it feels even sweeter. On June 30, the Campaign for St. Anthony Hospital concluded, exceeding its $10 million private, philanthropic goal by more than $1 million. Close to 1,400 donors contributed to [...]
Every capital campaign seeks to change the community in some way. Some seek to impact only a small number of people in a big way, others seek to improve the lives of many in what may seem like a small way. One campaign in Spokane, WA is seeking to improve the lives of thousands of [...]
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