Donor Changes Mind
The donor had given $25,000 for a project that the MGO had presented to him – a project with intended outcomes he was very excited about. But there was a problem. The MGO couldn’t get proof of performance information from the program people. And, as much as he tried,...
Stark Warning about Disappearing Donors
In an intriguing and disturbing article in Inside Philanthropy, Holly Hall states that: Although giving was up in 2018 by healthy margins, there are signs of an impending slowdown. Overall donations in 2018 were up by only 1.6 percent, lower than the rate of...
Do You Treat Donors as Just a Source of Cash?
Fourth in a Series: Unhealthy Major Gift Practices It drives me absolutely nuts! Crazy. My head nearly explodes when a fundraising professional calls a current donor a “prospect.” This tiny little label dehumanizes the donor into an economic unit. And that is...
MGOs Leave If They Have Nothing to Offer Donors
Second in the series Six Reasons Your MGO Will Leave Your Organization Imagine hiring a salesperson and then having no product for him to sell. You wouldn’t do it. But it is done all the time in major gifts. It is one of the most common complaints we hear from MGOs,...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
