by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 15, 2011 | Development Directors, Director of Major Gifts, Donors, Fundraising, Fundraising ratios, Giving, Non-Profits, Philanthropy, ROI | Development Directors, Donor-Centered, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Non-Profits, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
#2 – The Four Major Gift Players Is the organization you are working for actually doing any good? If not, why are you there? It’s time to get out. Start looking. I say this because, for major gifts to succeed, not only in revenue generation, but also in maintaining...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 12, 2011 | Development Directors, Director of Major Gifts, Donors, Fundraising, Fundraising ratios, Giving, Impact, Non-Profits, Philanthropy, Results, ROI | Development Directors, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Marketing Plans, Philanthropy
#1 – Why You Need To Worry About Cost The great thing about Jeff is I can always count on him to rev up the conversation, say outrageous things that always have a chunk of truth in them and generally push the edges. Then when he is done with his pontificating I come...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 3, 2011 | Development Directors, Director of Major Gifts, Fundraising, Fundraising ratios, Giving, Impact, Joy, Non-Profits, Philanthropy, Results | Development Directors, Donor-Centered, Impact, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Mission, Non-Profits, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
I was surprised after my last post that I didn’t have any challenges as to why ratios within reason are a good thing. So, I’ll just be my own devil’s advocate. Of course, ratios that are reasonable make sense. I’m not advocating that we just go out and spend blindly...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 1, 2011 | Development Directors, Director of Major Gifts, Donors, Fundraising, Fundraising ratios, Giving, Impact, Non-Profits, Overhead, Philanthropy | Development Directors, Donor-Centered, Impact, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Mission, Non-Profits, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
Picture this. You’re sitting around with your colleagues in the conference room and the “boss” tells everyone that they have to figure out what percentage of the newsletter or the latest appeal can be “counted” as education because your fundraising ratios are too...
