by Jeff Schreifels | Apr 8, 2024 | Economics, Fundraising, Giving, Major Gift Programs, Mid-Level Program, Statistics | Economics, Giving, Major Gifts, Mid-Level, Non-Profits, Performance
You may have heard that there’s a new fundraising report out called the Philanthropy Outlook by Lilly School of Philanthropy and sponsored by CCS. Basically, the report says that the forecast for 2024 and 2025 is that overall, giving will go up 4.2% and 3.9%. For...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 5, 2022 | Economic downturn, Economics, Giving, Philanthropy | Economics, Giving, Passions and Interests, Philanthropy
Doom and gloom are upon us. Everywhere you turn, there’s talk about how giving is going down, how inflation and the economy are going to wreak havoc with your fundraising plans and goals, and there’s a huge giving crisis. All suggesting that you, as a frontline...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 12, 2019 | Economics, leadership | Focus, Overworked, Prioritizing
Recently Richard and I conducted a free Q&A Webinar. We received a ton of questions from development professionals working for smaller non-profits. Here’s a question we heard from many of them: “I’m a one-person development shop and I do everything. I’ve been...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Mar 1, 2019 | Economics, Planning | Caseloads, Qualifying
Second in a Series: 6 Questions Your Major Gift Plan Must Answer Just because a group of donors has given you large gifts does not mean that you have the basis for starting a major gift program. In fact, I recently read a plan where the leader of development built the...