The Only Way to be Outrageously Successful at Major Gift Fundraising

The Only Way to be Outrageously Successful at Major Gift Fundraising

by | May 20, 2024 | , , , , | Major Donors, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Performance, Qualifying, Relationships

I want you to be so successful at major gift fundraising that you will never want to leave your profession and quite honestly, so that you’ll stay with your current organization for at least 5 years. The only way you are going to achieve that success and longevity is...
Find the Planned Gifts Buried in Your Database: How to discover millions of dollars in gifts you didn’t know were there

Find the Planned Gifts Buried in Your Database: How to discover millions of dollars in gifts you didn’t know were there

by | Apr 21, 2023 | , , , , | Data, Database, Planned giving, Qualifying, Stewardship

If you have a data set of 10,000 donors who have been giving for at least ten years and have made a gift within the past three years, I’d bet you have about 67-81 donors (with an average of 74) with a planned giving value of between $2.9-5.2 million! You may look at...
Question of the Month: How do you communicate with major donors who never respond to your outreach, but they do continue giving?

Question of the Month: How do you communicate with major donors who never respond to your outreach, but they do continue giving?

by | Mar 15, 2023 | , , , , | Communication, Major Donors, Qualifying, Relationships

You probably have a donor like this on your caseload: one who gives consistently every year but never responds to any outreach from your organization. How are you supposed to communicate with a donor if they never answer any of your phone calls or emails? Before you...