by Richard Perry | Nov 11, 2024 | Overhead, Restricted Giving, Unrestricted Giving | Asking, Finance, Giving, Non-Profits
You are coming up on the biggest giving months of the year: November and December. And in other countries, where the giving cycles are different, you can apply the same principles I am writing about here. But this is an important time for major gift giving. And that’s...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Apr 15, 2022 | Admin support, Administrative Support, Overhead | Admin Support, Management, Overhead
Many non-profit leaders don’t believe in spending money on administrative support for fundraisers. But the truth is, the cost of admin support is a drop in the bucket compared to the revenue you’re losing if your fundraisers are focused on other things instead of...
by Jeff Schreifels | Dec 27, 2023 | Finances, Fundraising ratios, Investment, Net Revenue, Non-profit Management, Overhead, Return on Investment | Finance, Management, Overhead, Pipeline Development, Return on Investment
There are far too many non-profit leaders who are obsessed with having a high return on investment (ROI) – so they don’t take any risks, don’t support their staff, fail to properly invest in their major gift pipeline and ultimately don’t grow as an organization....
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 27, 2022 | Culture Change, Finance, leadership, Major Gift Officers, Overhead | Admin Support, Finance, Major Gifts, Overhead
In the March 2018 issue of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, there was an article about overhead on a new survey by Grey Matters Research and Opinion 4 Good that says this: Donors really don’t care about overhead; what they really want to see is impact. Richard and I...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 10, 2016 | Finance, Fundable Projects, Overhead | Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Overhead, Programs, Uncategorized
Do you know everything your organization does and how much it costs? Do you have a file folder, either virtual or actual, full of projects and programs at different dollar levels to match up with each of your donors’ passions and interests? When I ask MGOs that...