by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Mar 29, 2013 | Fundraising, Giving, Impact | Donor-Centered, Impact, Major Gifts, Uncategorized
Richard and I have story after story of how donors stop giving to an organization because they never heard back from them after they were thanked. It was crickets. Nothing. Nada. This is after giving some very large gifts.
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Mar 22, 2013 | Impact, leadership, Management, Passion | Major Gifts, Mission, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago I was in a meeting with a non-profit development team and their CEO. The CEO came into the meeting, sat down, and with a big smile on her face, said, “Team, I want us to dream big. I want to double the size of our organization in five years. Before...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 22, 2013 | Fundraising, Giving, Impact, Joy, Passion, Philanthropy, Stewardship | Donor-Centered, Major Gift Officers, Mission, Non-Profits, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
I was in a meeting recently when the development director blurted out, “We need more transformational gifts! All I’m seeing lately are small gifts of $10-20K.” What he was really trying to say was that he wanted more $100K, $500K and $1MM plus type of gifts coming...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 24, 2012 | Fundraising, Impact, Joy, Non-Profits, Philanthropy | Development Directors, Major Gift Officers, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
When you sum up all that you have done this year, will the overwhelming opinion be that you did well? I hope that’s true for you. I also hope that’s true for me. When Jeff and I think about major gift fundraising and how we did this year and what people thought was...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 14, 2012 | Fundraising, Impact, leadership, Managing, Non-Profits, Philanthropy | Development Directors, Impact, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
There is not a non-profit on the face of the earth that has a need. Not one. Think about it. What need does a non-profit have? Well, you could argue that a non-profit needs money, talent, publicity, gifts in kind, etc. But why does it need these things? To get it’s...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 7, 2012 | Asking, Fundraising, Impact, Non-Profits, Passion | Hiring, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Non-Profits, Uncategorized
In my previous post, I wrote about 7 qualities you want to see in organizations before you say YES to working with them. There was a LOT of feedback and energy from many people on this subject. Thanks for all the discussion. Today, I’d like to list all the qualities...