For a Path to Sustainable Growth, Look Beyond Membership Programs
Are you a non-profit leader who sees the writing on the wall that maybe your membership program has hit a plateau? If so, you’re not alone! Here’s an example of what this might feel like. The membership program or giving society that your organization has relied on...
Dissatisfied Donors Drive Drop in Giving
Everyone is wringing their hands over the drop in giving in 2022. “The Giving USA annual report on philanthropy showed that, in 2022, nonprofits raised $499.33 billion — a 3.4% year-over-year drop in current dollars and a 10.5% downturn when adjusted for inflation.”...
Keep Talking About Yourself and Lose Your Donor
I suppose it’s human nature – our need to talk about ourselves. Well, maybe it’s not universal across human nature… but it’s certainly a tendency or typical behavior for some people. Sociologist Charles Derber describes the trait of consistently turning a...
Have You Tried Being a Donor?
Have you experienced how it feels to give your money to a mission you care deeply about, but then you never hear back about the difference it made? It can make you feel invisible and not connected meaningfully to that organization. I recently wrote a blog about...
Don’t Give Up on Your Donors
Several years ago, we worked with a client who had several major donors who made their living in the oil industry. These donors gave six and seven figure gifts annually to this organization for years. They had become like family, both to the organization and the major...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
