by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 14, 2015 | Donors, Program, Strategy | Major Gifts, Moves Management, Storytelling, Uncategorized
If you are finding it difficult to connect your organization’s work to the passions and interests of the donor, it is because you have not adequately taken that donor into the problem or need.
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 19, 2015 | Asks, Budget, Offers, Program | Donor-Centered, Major Gifts, Management, Programs, Teamwork, Uncategorized
There will be an increase in efforts, on the part of fundraising professionals, to package their organization’s budgets so that the donating public can understand how the money is used and what funds are needed, and so that fundraising professionals can be more successful in their work.
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 29, 2014 | Offers, Program, Program Support Portfolio, Proposals | Donor-Centered, Major Gifts, Marketing Plans, Uncategorized
You need projects that will match who donors are and what they are interested in. That will keep your them happy. And we all know that happy donors will stay with you.
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Nov 4, 2013 | Non-Profits, Program, Stewardship | Impact, Major Gifts, Mission, Uncategorized
In your work as an MGO, how many times have you nurtured a relationship with a donor to the point of having her ready to fund (or even actually funding) a special program or project that your organization was touting, only to have it all come crashing down because...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 3, 2012 | Director of Major Gifts, Donors, Non-Profits, Program, Stewardship | Development Directors, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Philanthropy, Storytelling, Uncategorized
I recently heard of a situation in a large non-profit where a multi-million donor withdrew his giving from the organization he had come to love. The reason? The promise which had been made when he gave his $2 million dollars was not delivered by program. As I dug into...
