by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 25, 2018 | Mid-level Gift Officer, Pipeline, Transitions | Communication, Donor-Centered, Mid-level donors
How do you take a donor that a mid-level gift officer has been working with and hand him over to a major gift officer? Our team at Veritus gets this question all the time, because not only do we help build and manage major gift programs, we also do the same with...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 15, 2017 | Investment, Non-Profits | Economics, Management, Mid-level donors
One of the great things I get to do every week is analyze major donor data from many different organizations. Over the years Richard and I have reviewed hundreds of non-profits’ data. The data reveals how their major gift programs are performing, what the potential...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 8, 2017 | Investment, prospecting, revenue growth | Caseloads, Cultivation, Mid-level donors
Every non-profit leader wants to grow their major gift program. I talk each day to Executive Directors, Development Directors and VPs of Major Gifts who desperately want to grow revenue and increase the number of their major donors. Unfortunately, many good leaders...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 27, 2016 | Cultivation, Mid-Level Donor Program, Pipeline | Caseloads, Donor Retention, Mid-level donors, Uncategorized
When Richard started Veritus Group, and I later joined him, we started out working with clients to create, build and manage only major gift programs. But after several years, we began noticing that our clients still had a problem with their donor file that was not...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 18, 2016 | Donor Pipeline, Donor Pyramid, Mid-level Rep | Direct Response, Donor Retention, Major Gifts, Mid-level donors, Uncategorized
Do you have a mid-level donor program? If not, are you thinking about starting one? Before you do, we want to pass on some important things we’ve learned in the last three years, so that your program can be the best it can be. The whole reason Veritus Group even got...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 8, 2016 | Portfolio Management, Research, ROI | Discipline, Donor Retention, Major Gift Officers, Mid-level donors, Moves Management, Uncategorized
A few years ago the comedienne Kathy Griffin had a reality show called “My Life on the D List.” Essentially she made fun of herself as a non-“A-list” celebrity and the lack of respect those celebrities get from the public. It was a funny show, but there were many...