by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 15, 2023 | Fundraising, Major Gift Fundraising, Major Gift Programs, Non-Profit Leadership | Fundraising, Leadership, Major Gifts, Management, Non-Profits
In my last post, I introduced a series about all the ways that non-profits are stunting their major gift programs. Today, we’re going to continue making our way through this list. Let’s get right into it: Lack of investment into the major gift pipeline from...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 13, 2023 | Fundraising, Major Gift Fundraising, Major Gift Programs, Non-Profit Leadership | Fundraising, Leadership, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Management, Non-Profits
For over a decade now, Richard and I (and now folks on our staff) have been writing our Passionate Giving Blog. Our very first blog post was titled “10 Reasons Most Major Gift Programs Suck.” (A lot of people got offended by the word “suck”… but it did provoke...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 10, 2023 | co-management, Consultants, Employee Management, The Veritus Way | Admin Support, Coaching, Fundraising, Management, The Veritus Way
Most organizations simply don’t have enough resources devoted to training and supporting managers, which means that fundraisers are often left to fend for themselves. Without consistent input, encouragement, and accountability, your fundraisers will struggle to...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 27, 2023 | Employee Management, managers, Metrics, Non-Profit Leadership | Leadership, Management, Metrics, Performance
The non-profit industrial complex is broken. Yes, Richard and I could write another book just on that one sentence. There are many reasons why it’s broken, but I’m not going to write a book-long blog here, so I’ll concentrate on one aspect of its brokenness: the...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 13, 2023 | co-management, Consultants, Non-Profit Leadership | Fundraising, Leadership, Management
It’s a new year. And you’ve decided you need some help. Maybe your strategies in mid, major, and planned giving did not work as well as you had hoped in 2022. Or maybe you have big goals for the new year. But as you survey your internal talent, you conclude that...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 9, 2023 | Employee Management, Fundraisers, Turnover | Fundraising, Leadership, Management, Non-Profits
The departure rate of good people from non-profits is staggering. The latest statistics show that average tenure of a development person is 18 months, and that’s if everything is going well. But the scary thing is that more than half of the frontline fundraisers (51%)...