by Karen Kendrick | Oct 18, 2023 | Donor Conversations, Permission-Based Asking, Year-end Planning | Asking, Communication, Permission-Based Asking, Relationships, Touch Points
As you prepare for the year-end giving season, there are so many moments when you might feel stuck. You have something you need to ask a donor but don’t know how to do so in an honoring way. You may want to ask if they will increase their giving, or give a second...
by Robert Shafis | Oct 7, 2022 | Planned Giving, Year-end Giving, Year-end Planning | Fundraising, Giving, Planned giving
As we approach the end of 2022, there are some key considerations to keep in mind for your donors who plan to send in a year-end gift. After all the changes made in 2020 and 2021, with pandemic-related expansions for charitable income tax deductions, 2022 returns us...
by Guest Contributor | Sep 23, 2022 | Communication, Donor Communication, Year-end Planning | Communication, Direct Response, Donor-Centered, Fundraising
Your hands ache from writing “We couldn’t do this work without you,” on hundreds of cards. The papercuts on your fingertips sting as you shovel another handful of Fritos into your mouth, desperate to keep your strength up to stuff more envelopes. The stacks of...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 16, 2017 | Planning, Summer, Year-end Planning | Prioritizing, Strategic Plans
It’s already mid-June, and summer will soon be officially upon us. For 8 years I was a development director for two non-profits in Philadelphia, and I loved summer. That’s because it wasn’t as crazy with events as other times, and people were on vacation, so summer...
by Jeff Schreifels | Nov 15, 2023 | Cultivation, December, Giving Tuesday, Operating Funds, Strategic Plan, Year-end Fundraising, Year-end Planning | Donor-Centered, Fundraising, Planning, Relationships, Stewardship, Strategic Plans
When it’s this close to December, you’re coming down to the wire on whether or not you’ll meet your year-end goals. For major gift fundraisers, this is such an amazing (yet stressful) time. On one hand, you have the stress of meeting revenue goals,...