by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 29, 2015 | CEOs, Philanthropy, Success | Fundraising, Leadership, Major Gifts, Uncategorized
What do you do when your nonprofit leader is uncomfortable talking to, cultivating and soliciting donors? Here are some ways to help your CEO or ED not only get comfortable, but succeed in major gifts.
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 28, 2015 | Boundaries, Ethics, Philanthropy, Setting Boundaries | Donor-Centered, Fundraising, Major Gift Officers, Philanthropy, Relationships, Uncategorized
A major gift officer’s relationship with a donor is predicated on building a relationship on the mission of your organization. Anything other than that is suspect.
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Nov 21, 2014 | Donors, major gifts, Philanthropy | Donor-Centered, Major Gifts, Qualifying, Uncategorized
Qualifying donors can be a depressing process if you don’t have the right perspective. Don’t be discouraged – this is the right thing to do.
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Nov 14, 2014 | Donor-Centered, Philanthropy, Qualifying | Leadership, Major Gift Officers, Prospecting, Uncategorized
I’m angry. In my last post I told the story of an MGO who reached out to us at Veritus, desperate to understand what was wrong with her. “I feel like I’m doing everything wrong. I read your blog posts about major gifts and that feels right to me, but my boss is saying...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 19, 2014 | leadership, Organizations, Philanthropy | Donor-Centered, Mission, Non-Profits, Uncategorized
A Culture of Philanthropy From your CEO down to the janitor, your non-profit embraces your donors as central to your mission, as central as your organization’s programs to change the world. I put our definition of a culture of philanthropy right at the beginning to...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 29, 2014 | Development, Leading, Managing, Philanthropy, Proactive | Leadership, Management, Non-Profits, Uncategorized
I’ve been in a ton of meetings recently with Executive Directors, CEOs and Development Directors, and they all seem to heave a collective sigh when talking about their major gift officers. That collective sigh is followed by something like this, “I just wish my MGOs...