Skip to the main content.

Passionate Giving BlogTM


Subscribe Today!

 Top-Blogs-2020-300 Top75Badge-feedspot2018

50-must-read-fundraising-blogs-you-should-be-reading

 

2 min read

Intro to Five Relationship Steps in Getting Meetings

Last week, Jeff wrote about how difficult it is for MGOs to get meetings with donors. His blog was in response to many requests we are getting from our readers and the MGOs we manage to give more input on getting meetings. In that blog post he suggested that, besides being persistent, you need to...

Read More
Giving Ebbs and Flows, but the Trend Line is Up

2 min read

Giving Ebbs and Flows, but the Trend Line is Up - Veritus Group

#5 in the series How a Caseload Grows Over Time Budget time in any organization, commercial or non-profit, is when revenue forecasts are always made. Someone will invariably say, “We need growth of...

Read More
The Economics of a Mature Caseload

3 min read

The Economics of a Mature Caseload

#4 in the series How a Caseload Grows Over Time “Aren’t you just moving old money around?” the finance person asked, as he sought comfort that the major gift program was really working. So I stated...

Read More
Freshen Your Core Caseload to Counter Donor Attrition

2 min read

Freshen Your Core Caseload to Counter Donor Attrition

#3 in the series How a Caseload Grows Over Time We have just completed a major study on how a major donor caseload behaves over time. I will address the economics of the caseload in the next blog....

Read More
The Two Major Donor Segments on Your Caseload

3 min read

The Two Major Donor Segments on Your Caseload

#2 of the series How a Caseload Grows Over Time In my last blog, I talked about your major gift caseload as an incubator for transformational giving. Here is how that works. In our training on...

Read More
Your Core Caseload: An Incubator for Transformational Giving

3 min read

Your Core Caseload: An Incubator for Transformational Giving

This is the first in a five-part series called How a Caseload Grows Over Time. There are two reasons it is very important for major gift officers to understand how this works:

Read More

3 min read

Creating a Mid-Level Donor Program for YOUR Non-profit

When Richard started Veritus Group, and I later joined him, we started out working with clients to create, build and manage only major gift programs. But after several years, we began noticing that...

Read More

3 min read

Donors on the “C” List

A few years ago the comedienne Kathy Griffin had a reality show called “My Life on the D List.” Essentially she made fun of herself as a non-“A-list” celebrity and the lack of respect those...

Read More

3 min read

What Do Your Donors Experience? Part 2

In my last post, I talked about what it meant to have a strong brand for a non-profit. It’s giving your donors a great experience. Not just when they become a new donor to your organization, but all...

Read More

3 min read

A Major Donor Tells You How to Ask

I sat down with a major donor several weeks ago when I was in New York City. We started talking about her philanthropy, what she was trying to accomplish, what were some of her frustrations as a...

Read More

 

600x600bb

Top Rated Podcast

Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.

Listen Now!

Subscribe Today!