Seeking Big Gifts: Steps to Build Your Major Gifts Program
Published August 6, 2019
By Angela E. White, CFRE Senior Consultant and CEO of Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates. Building a systematic major gifts program can have a dramatic impact on your fundraising ROI (Return on Investment). Establishing a major gifts program that is systematic involves creating a purposeful, organized, and ongoing program for identifying and cultivating relationships with donors […]
Why Aren’t We Getting Grants from National Foundations?
Published July 31, 2019
By Lauren Steiner, JD President and Founder at Grants Plus. Nonprofit fund development directors may get this question from their executive directors or from members of their boards. It’s easy to understand why nonprofit leaders want national grant funding: grants from national foundations are typically large compared to grants from local foundations and may come […]
Using Technology to Support the Human Side of Fundraising
Published July 15, 2019
By Aly Sterling, founder and president of Aly Sterling Philanthropy There is no doubt that technology has the power to revolutionize the nonprofit world—and in recent years, it certainly has. With all of the obstacles that nonprofits face, from fundraising struggles to data management complications, nonprofit professionals have been adopting rising tech trends to combat […]
A Fundraising “High Five:” Graham-Pelton’s Top Five Takeaways and Actions from the Giving USA 2019 Report
Published July 9, 2019
By Graham-Pelton. Generous citizens contributed $427.71 billion in 2018. If every dollar given charitably in the United States last year was laid end-to-end, it would encircle Earth more than 1,500 times. Though cause for celebration, a deeper look at the results might give nonprofit leaders pause. Considering the figure in inflation-adjusted dollars, total giving decreased […]
Donor Advised Funds and Donor Research: How They Can Work Together
Published July 5, 2019
By Liz Corney Content Marketing Manager at iWave. What is a Donor Advised Fund? Donor advised funds are now the fastest-growing philanthropic vehicle. Although they’ve been around since the 1930s, they have been growing in popularity since the 1990s. In 2018 they accounted for more than 3% of all charitable giving in the United States. […]
Beyond People and Place – to Purpose: Engaging Aspirational and Transformational Donors
Published July 2, 2019
By Richard Tollefson, Founder and President, and Michal Tyra, Director of Client and Community Engagement at The Phoenix Philanthropy Group. Appealing to aspirational and transformational donors requires moving beyond typical prospect development – moving beyond simply looking at people and place – to purpose. Ask any competent development professional how to enhance fundraising performance, and […]
Giving USA 2019 : Americans gave $427.71 billion to charity in 2018 amid complex year for charitable giving
Published June 18, 2019
Shaped by a mixture of countervailing economic and policy factors, total contributions grew 0.7% in current dollars, declined 1.7% adjusted for inflation CHICAGO [June 18, 2019] — Amid a complex climate for charitable giving, American individuals, bequests, foundations and corporations gave an estimated $427.71 billion to U.S. charities in 2018, according to Giving USA 2019: […]
What Giving USA Can Do for You
Published May 16, 2019
Pre-Order My Copy Now Whether you’re a member of a development team, CEO, board member, nonprofit consultant, or educator, Giving USA 2019 is an essential tool for success. It’s more than an intelligence report—it’s a guide to informed fundraising. Giving USA 2019 is filled with opportunities to benchmark your nonprofit against national trends. The Practitioner […]
Giving Large, Giving Young and Giving to Solve Problems Donors Know First-Hand
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By James M. Brasher III Founding Principal of Development Counsel . Like all of you, I read the daily digest of grants made by various donors. Using this data, I have been trying to help my clients rethink how they might get significant gifts from sources that they had not considered previously. Major donations, like […]