It’s all too common in the non-profit sector for fundraising leaders and managers to pull their frontline fundraisers into things that don’t directly relate to their jobs. Between unnecessary organizational tasks, activity-oriented metrics, meetings that aren’t related to their donors, and community events, fundraisers lose their focus, have less impact, and solicit less giving. 

At this point in August, you’ve reached a valuable time in your fundraising cycle: preparing for the fall and year-end season. The months ahead will be busy, and its critical that you focus in on your strategic plan now. In this episode, Debi Dunham, Client Experience Leader at Veritus, and special guest Jarrod Williams, Director of Development for the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, join Jeff to discuss the steps that you can take right now and in the months ahead to set yourself up for a successful year-end fundraising season.

How do you know when your donor is ready to consider a gift, or when it’s the right time to ask for a meeting? You first ask permission to ask them. Today’s show is a re-release of one of our most downloaded podcast episodes about our Permission-Based Asking™ model for fundraising, featuring Karen Kendrick, Senior Director of Client Engagement, and Debi Dunham, Senior Client Experience Leader. Listen in to hear some real-life examples of how this asking strategy can transform your donor relationships.

Veritus Group was incredibly honored to be the 2024 Presenting Sponsor for the AADO (African American Development Officers Network) Conference. AADO is a network of more than 3,500 fundraising professionals of color, and their annual conference is the premier event for fundraising, development, and operations professionals of color, and their allies.

During the conference, our team sat down with Birgit Burton, Chief Executive Officer of AADO; Nneka Allen, Founder of The Empathy Agency; and Christopher Beck, Senior Advisor for Principal Gifts and Inclusive Philanthropy at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, to talk about the projects they’re working on and the path toward racial justice in the non-profit sector. We were so inspired by this conversation and hope you’ll come away feeling encouraged by the insights shared and the progress toward racial justice in our sector.

Veritus Group was incredibly honored to be the 2024 Presenting Sponsor for the AADO (African American Development Officers Network) Conference. AADO is a network of more than 3,500 fundraising professionals of color, and their annual conference is the premier event for fundraising, development, and operations professionals of color, and their allies.

During the conference, our team sat down with Birgit Burton, Chief Executive Officer of AADO; Nneka Allen, Founder of The Empathy Agency; and Christopher Beck, Senior Advisor for Principal Gifts and Inclusive Philanthropy at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, to talk about the projects they’re working on and the path toward racial justice in the non-profit sector. We were so inspired by this conversation and hope you’ll come away feeling encouraged by the insights shared and the progress toward racial justice in our sector.

Over the past two decades, our team at Veritus has analyzed hundreds of different non-profits’ data files, and we see the same trends over and over again. While overall revenue may go up year-over-year, many donors give less over time (or go away altogether). But organizations are often unaware this is happening because the loss is covered up by gifts from new donors. 
 
For today’s episode, Theresa Tapocsi (Client Experience Leader and and Client Services Data Team Lead) and Amy Chapman (Director of Client Engagement) join Jeff for a conversation about the process and approach we take in our free Donor File Assessment. If you’re ready to uncover your organization’s hidden potential and identify opportunities for relational giving, tune in now!