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Reading Time: 5 minutesAs we enter 2021, Graham-Pelton surveyed development leaders at a select group of top social change organizations regarding their opinions, expectations, and concerns about fundraising for the coming year and the strategies they intend to utilize to…
Reading Time: 4 minutes“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.” — Henry David Thoreau No doubt there are few among us eager to relive 2020…and indeed, we are wise to heed Thoreau’s encouragement to keep…
Reading Time: 5 minutesThere is a spectrum of adjectives that can be used to describe the year 2020. For me, chief among them are disruptive, unyielding, inventive, and, yes, heartening. In one sense, the year was a blur; in another…
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe reemergence of another COVID-19 variant signifies the ongoing importance of productive virtual donor visits. Unlike in-person meetings, virtual visits require additional preparation and thoughtfulness to truly replicate the in-person experience. Despite the extra preparation, virtual meetings…
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s been eight months (but who’s counting?), and by all accounts, COVID-19 is still all-consuming. Add to that a contentious political climate and sensational (in all the bad ways) news cycles, and it can seem impossible to…
Reading Time: 5 minutesThere’s been a great deal of discussion about the impact of COVID-19 on the philanthropic industry. Yet, so far, the hard data on the outcomes have not been fully realized. The industry relies on a few key…
Reading Time: 5 minutesThere is a real theme of tenacity in American culture. Picture the Energizer Bunny, the one that keeps going and going. Or The Little Engine That Could, which, well, did – and this year celebrates its 100th…
Reading Time: 5 minutesAt the beginning of March, you probably got a lot of emails about “fundraising in a time of uncertainty.” It’s pretty clear that we have moved past “uncertainty” to “constant change.” Given all that is transpiring in…
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn part one of this three-part series, we explained why the time is right to pursue an ambitious donor education and solicitation effort around unrestricted major giving. In part three, we share the ways to build or…
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn part one of this three-part series, we explain why the time is right to pursue an ambitious donor education and solicitation effort around unrestricted major giving. In part two of the series, we discuss the ways both…