by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Apr 29, 2019 | Focus, Non-Profits | Finance, Programs, Teamwork
You have two best friends as a MGO, other than your caseload donors. Program and finance. These are the folks that are the fuel and engine for all of your fundraising. Without them, you’re dead in the water. Program and finance in the non-profit world are like product...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 27, 2022 | Culture Change, Finance, leadership, Major Gift Officers, Overhead | Admin Support, Finance, Major Gifts, Overhead
In the March 2018 issue of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, there was an article about overhead on a new survey by Grey Matters Research and Opinion 4 Good that says this: Donors really don’t care about overhead; what they really want to see is impact. Richard and I...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 24, 2017 | expectations | Finance, Management, MGOs, Performance
Nope. Never. Not going to happen. Won’t happen. Can’t happen. Not true. It’s truly unbelievable to Jeff and me that smart, competent people can’t embrace the fact that a good major gifts program works and is worth the investment. These are the people I call the “major...