by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 28, 2022 | Fundraisers, Fundraising, Personal Development, Relationship Building, Trust | Donor-Centered, Personal Development, Professional Development
This is Part 1 of a series on building trust: “No Trust, No Relationship, No Money.” Trust is the core building block of all relationships. Yet many donors do not trust the organizations they give to or the people they relate to in those organizations....
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 21, 2022 | Donor Retention, Donor-Centered, Fundraising | Donor Retention, Donor-Centered, Fundraising
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...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 16, 2022 | Donors as Mission, Fundraising, Impact Reporting | Communication, Fundraising, Mission
Talking about your mission with donors can sometimes feel challenging, especially if you’re an organization that provides indirect services. Do you know if you’re effectively communicating your mission and impact to your donors? It may seem pretty straightforward for...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 7, 2022 | Asking, Caseload Management, Fundraising | Asking, Donor-Centered, Fundraising, Permission-Based Asking
Here’s a story of how one frontline fundraiser took a caseload of donors, started out great, then, due to some unforeseen circumstances related to a delay in rolling out a program, ended up not asking for a year. This drop in revenue was reversed after the fundraiser...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 2, 2022 | Fundraising, Older Donors, Planned Giving | Donors as Mission, Fundraising, Planned giving
There’s something about getting old that helps you quickly sort out what’s important in life. I know. I am 74 and getting old. And the sorting has begun. Which is why I wanted to talk to you about how understanding this dynamic of getting older and major gifts is so...