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Reading Time: 2 minutes In my first role as a fundraiser, I was taught the axiom “people give to people.” While this remains true, recent trends in anonymous giving are making it more difficult to understand the person behind the…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Higher education institutions are navigating a sea of complex challenges: preparing for an enrollment cliff, declining levels of state and federal support, and re-envisioning how education looks in this new, post-pandemic world. In addition, historically black…
Reading Time: 4 minutes In today’s rapidly changing nonprofit landscape, innovation is critical to staying relevant and achieving impact. However, with limited resources, it can be challenging, daunting, or downright unrealistic for nonprofits to pursue groundbreaking new ideas. Fortunately, sometimes…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Planned giving, the act by which a donor creates a financial or estate plan to make a charitable contribution at a future date, can be an excellent supplement to your annual fundraising efforts. Planned gifts can…
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are five main components to the fundraising cycle. Identify, Qualify, Cultivate, Solicit, and Steward. Each component of the cycle serves its own unique purpose. And while each component is essential, stewardship – continued engagement with…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Belonging. Justice. These may seem like buzzwords, but they represent principles that are fundamental to the missions of many nonprofits. And when these principles are approached with intentionality, strategy, and curiosity, they can…
Reading Time: 3 minutes While development offices everywhere are feeling the effects of The Great Resignation, turnover has long been cited as a top challenge to fundraising success. And when those offices are understaffed or experience transition, stewardship is often…
Reading Time: 6 minutes “So, why do you support our organization?” This seems like a simple question that many times goes unasked. Donors are fascinating, unique individuals who consider multiple motivations when deciding how, when, and why to be charitable.…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Educational institutions have “built in” donor bases within their alumni populations, but non-alumni can have tremendous philanthropic impact as well. In fact , Graham-Pelton conducted research of the top 50 gifts made to education in 2020,…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Few can deny that this has been a challenging year, but would it be fair to say that it was challenging for everyone in the same way? Before you answer, consider: Over the past year, I’ve…
