Capital Campaigns #9: Leadership
Leadership is the key factor in any capital campaign – leadership that energizes the process…
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Capital Campaigns #4: More Than Raising Money
It’s important to understand that, for many nonprofits, the benefits of conducting a successful capital…
Financing & Loans
Fundraising/Development: “It’s Easy, Anyone Can Do It”
I received an email the other day, from a fellow who identified himself as someone…
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Corporation Solicitation Programs: The Process -Part 3
Keeping in mind that only about 5% of all non-governmental giving to nonprofits comes from…
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Corporation Solicitation Programs – Part 2 of 3: Not For Every Nonprofit
In considering the creation of a corporate solicitation program (a CSP), the first questions I’d…
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Corporation Solicitation Programs – Part 1 of 3: Consultant Compensation
A thread in a listserve in which I participate addressed the question(s) of Creating-and-Implementing and…
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Asking For The Major Gift – Part 3 of 3
There is a simple, but not simplistic, description of what major gift fundraising is all…
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Asking For The Major Gift – Part 2 of 3
Raising money from wealthy people is not the same as asking buddies at work to…
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Evaluating Your Major Gifts Prospects
Too many people (NPO board members, volunteers and staff) believe that “Evaluation” means determining what…
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Constructing The Gift Table
“Hank,” the email said, “can you send me a gift pyramid that my organization can…
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Cultivating Major Donors
There are two categories of donor cultivation: the education about and the involvement in the…
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Honorary Board Members – The Truth and The Consequences
Many nonprofit organizations boast lists of honorary trustees, board members, and/or directors. And the vast…
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The Non-Profit Advisory Board/Committee
In the nonprofit sector there are two types of “Advisory” groups: those that advise, and…
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The Implementation Phase of the Planning Study
Considering the two major objectives in conducting the interviews, determining how/if a program/project/activity should be…
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The Planning Study: (Part #2 of 3 – Preparation)
The first step in the planning study process is determining what it is that you…
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The Planning Study: (Part #1 of 3 — Almost Always The First Step)
Want to create a Major Gifts Program, a Bequest Program, a Special Event, a Recognition…