Mid-Year Check Up #1: Look to See Who’s Been Left Behind
Part 1 of a 5-part series: The Mid-Year Major Gift Check Up List We’re approaching the middle of the calendar year, and now is a good time to check in on how you’re doing with the donors on your caseload. Why the middle of the calendar year? Because you’re a mere six...
There is NO Secret Sauce: Build a Relationship, See Growth
A good portion of my time during the week is spent reviewing major donor gift data that our analyst at Veritus is crunching for us to present to prospective clients. One part of our analysis is to review individual gift officer portfolio performance. Over the years...
Do You Understand the Major Gift Pipeline?
Second in a Series: Unhealthy Major Gift Practices Earlier this year I wrote about the major gift pipeline – the concept that everything that happens in fundraising in an organization should be organized in a way that shepherds and cares for a donor, from the time...
The Economic Reality of Major Gifts
“We need more money. That’s why we’re starting a major gift program.” This is how many leaders think the economy of a major gifts program works. They decide to do it and – BAM! – the money starts to flow in immediately. Because they think that way, it sets up an...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
