by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 31, 2020 | campaigns, multi-year pledges, Pledges | Asking, Donor Offers, Passions and Interests
“Let’s see. Should I ask for a single gift or a multi-year gift?” This is the question posed to Jeff and me and our team almost every week. Often, it’s the struggle of how to balance multi-year larger campaign solicitations with the need to be asking donors for their...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 1, 2023 | campaigns, Major Donors, Major Gift Fundraising, Multi-year Pledge, Pledges, Stewardship | Cultivation, Major Donors, Major Gifts, Planning, Relationships, Stewardship
We’ve always felt that a donor who makes a pledge over multiple years is both a blessing and a curse for a major gift officer. It’s a blessing because you have “locked in” a certain gift amount over a period of years. But we’ve also seen it as a curse because it’s now...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 15, 2016 | Budgets, Forecasts, MGO Credit, Pledge Collection, Pledges | Development Directors, Goal-setting, Management, Uncategorized
I was recently talking to an executive in charge of major gifts for a large non-profit in the Northeast. He was engaged in a rather difficult conversation with one of his major gift officers who was not performing well. The MGO was in the 10th month of the fiscal...