Client Corner: “Veritus is my go-to source for major and mid-level gift information.”
Today’s Client Corner article features an interview with Maureen Gregory, Director of Leadership Gifts for Freestore Foodbank. As Maureen Gregory tells it, she “fell into fundraising.” Just out of school, she was working as a waitress when a fellow restaurant...
Good Fundraising Is Inconvenient!
I was inspired by a recent blog post by Seth Godin where he said: “The thing you need, the road ahead, the element that will transform your [fundraising]—it appears to be inconvenient.” When I think about the clients we’ve had over the years who have been truly...
How Nervous Is Your Board?
Last month, I had the privilege of presenting our donor analysis and The Veritus Way to a new client’s leadership and board development committee. They had recently hired us. But in a span of just three months, their Executive Director, Development Director, and Major...
Q&A Part 2: More Questions About Mid-Level Fundraising
Welcome back to the second part of our mid-level Q&A. For those of you who may have missed our last blog, we answered questions about how to handle mid-level donors you don’t hear back from, how to qualify mid-level donors (spoiler alert, you don’t), and the...
New National Major Gift Revenue Numbers: 2022 Down Over 4% from 2021, but Veritus Clients Are UP 22%! Why?
I just finished reading several blogs and reflections from AFP-ICON, which just wrapped up in New Orleans, and it sounds like people are extremely nervous! Why? Because a recent report by the Fundraising Effectiveness Project shows that for the first time since 2013,...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
