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Donors

There’s Gold in them Hills!

By sethbloom, on March 24th, 2011

Securing the Future for Your Nonprofit Organization
Especially in our challenging economy, more and more nonprofit organizations are wishing their past leadership had established a stronger culture for planned giving in order to supplement operations with a reliable source of income through a permanent endowment fund.  Understandably, organizations are trying harder than ever to sustain their [...]

March 24th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Donors, Fundraising, Leadership, Philanthropy, Strategy | Leave a comment
Capital Campaigns

What is Happening With Religious Fundraising?

By lewgrafman, on March 22nd, 2011

Am I the only one confused? On the evening of March 21, 2011, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, reporting from the Association of Fundraising Professionals conference in Chicago, released an article about one of the sessions at the conference, “Religious Fund-Raising Faces a ‘Crisis,’ Says Speaker” http://philanthropy.com/blogs/prospecting/religious-fund-raising-faces-a-crisis-says-speaker/29254?sid=&utm_source=&utm_medium=en.. The article begins by quoting one of the panel [...]

March 22nd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Capital Campaigns, Donors, Ethics, Fundraising, Philanthropy, Strategy | 2 comments
Capital Campaigns

How NOT to Fundraise: Lessons from the NPR Fiasco

By lewgrafman, on March 16th, 2011

Last month in this space Jeff Metz posted a wonderful blog titled Cultivating a Donor: Like Cultivating a Garden.  http://www.nonprofitwatercooler.com/2011/02/cultivating-a-donor-like-cultivating-a-garden/  
Too bad that NPR fundraising vice president Ron Schiller did not bother to visit the Nonprofit Water Cooler before he went to lunch with what he thought were representatives of the Muslim Education Action Center.  [...]

March 16th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Capital Campaigns, Donors, Fundraising, Leadership, Marketing, NPR, National Public Radio, Philanthropy, Strategy | One comment
Capital Campaigns

Cultivating a Donor: Like Cultivating a Garden

By jeffmetz, on February 7th, 2011

When growing a garden, the gardner has to plan the garden, plant the seeds, provide the right balance of water, sun and nutrients and keep the garden free of weeds and threatening pests. Cultivating a donor is much the same process. You need to have a plan, plant the seeds of knowledge about the good [...]

February 7th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Capital Campaigns, Donors, Fundraising, Leadership, Marketing, Philanthropy, Social Media, Strategy | Leave a comment
Donors

Client Genealogy – Donor Genealogy

By susandetwiler, on June 1st, 2009

Donor Genealogy can help you focus your dollars and energy — and your board — where they will be most productive. This article gives an overview of how it works.

June 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Donors, Fundraising, Marketing, Strategy, Uncategorized | One comment