This week’s Movie Monday video features TCG Vice President Kate Roosevelt as well as the University of Washington’s Associate VP of Individual Giving Programs, Lee Heck. Kate and Lee discuss the best ways to respond to donors who find themselves unable to fulfill a pledge. Click the link below to watch the video: http://www.501videos.com/mm2009/10/mm_2_pledges.html?awt_l=DH1HV&awt_m=1ZjoVgwZ1mSBtP Share and Enjoy:
While giving tends to increase in the wake of a well-publicized emergency, such as a natural disaster, this fact doesn’t necessarily extend to the kind of emergencies many nonprofits are facing today as traditional revenue sources – government aid, earned income, etc. – are suddenly drying up. Following are six tips for making the best [...]
I admit it. Like many other people I know, I’ve ignored the statements from my retirement account for nearly a year now. But even though I never opened them, my financial managers kept sending them. They even sent other things to me, which I didn’t open either. I’m not really proud of it, but I [...]
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 [...]
The role of social media in nonprofits is getting an enormous amount of attention these days. Without a doubt networking tools enable your organization to build a level of awareness previously unimaginable (and prohibitively expensive). However, just like the ability to “friend” hundreds of people in our personal lives can blur the boundaries of deep vs. casual [...]
Check out this video of Collins Group President & CEO Aggie Sweeney discussing strategies to help your organization become the top priority for your donors. Movie Mondays: How to Get Donors to Make You Their Top Charity Like what you saw? Visit www.501videos.com to subscribe to Movie Mondays (it’s free!). Each weekly video features a [...]
Over coffee this morning, I was asked by an accomplished development professional, “How do you know whether to hire a fundraising consultant?” My coffee companion had experienced managing large development shops and had even run capital campaigns. She had recently taken a position with a new organization, however, and was considering future steps. Here was [...]
Be sure not to miss two recently published studies: http://www.charitablegift.org/docs/Gender-Study-Executive-Summary.pdf http://www.givingforum.org/s_forum/bin.asp?CID=611&DID=25090&DOC=FILE.PDF The first, from the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, found that fully half of women donors surveyed reported that they make the philanthropic decisions in their households, including the amount to give and the charities to support. Furthermore, 92% of male respondents identified their wives [...]
We at The Collins Group spend a great deal of time thinking about the state of the nonprofit sector, both here at home in the Northwest and across the country. We share a great deal of this information amongst ourselves on a daily basis and with our clients, and wanted a way to share thoughts [...]
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