by Richard Perry | Oct 4, 2024 | Asking, Role of Money, Transformational giving | Giving, Major Gifts, Transformational Gift
While we firmly believe that fundraising is one of the best jobs in the world, there is a challenging reality that comes with it. Disappointment and rejection are part of the process. It’s one thing to know that this happens, but it’s another thing to really...
by Jeff Schreifels | Jun 16, 2023 | Major Gift Officers, Meaningful Connections, Transactional Giving, Transformational giving | Donor Visits, Donor-Centered, Metrics
Most donors don’t want to meet with you. In fact, we’ve helped manage thousands of major gift portfolios over the years, and from that experience, we believe only 15-20 donors in a portfolio of 150 qualified donors will actually want meet face-to-face with you....
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 2, 2016 | Focus, Mega Donors, Priorities, Transformational giving | Caseloads, Moves Management, Stewardship, Uncategorized
#2 of the series How a Caseload Grows Over Time In my last blog, I talked about your major gift caseload as an incubator for transformational giving. Here is how that works. In our training on building a caseload, we talk about qualifying donors so that you identify...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 2, 2016 | Asking, Large Gift, Transformational giving | Giving, Major Gifts, Moves Management, Passions and Interests, Uncategorized
In my last post, I shared the 5 steps you need to take to get a bigger gift from your donors who have the potential to do so. To summarize, they were: A belief, on the part of the MGO, that big things are possible. Having a qualified caseload. Believing that there are...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Mar 28, 2016 | Fear, Solicitation, Transformational giving | Development Directors, Donor Visits, Major Gift Officers, Relationships, Uncategorized
Over the years, Richard and I have developed a few major gift seminars that we present at various conferences. One is called “The Seven Pillars of a Major Gift Program.” It’s especially effective for new MGOs and for organizations about to launch a major gift program....