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You Need Help! (Administrative Help for Fundraisers That Is)

You Need Help! (Administrative Help for Fundraisers That Is)

by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 22, 2021 | Administrative assistants, Administrative Support, administrative work | Admin Support, Fundraising, Hiring

This post originally appears on the Passionate Giving Blog on October 20, 2014.  I have to admit that I’m pretty worked up. Recently, I’ve been hearing about good major gift officers (MGOs) who are being sucked into a vacuum of despair. What’s causing this? The...
Four Things I Don’t Understand About Major Gift Naysayers

Four Things I Don’t Understand About Major Gift Naysayers

by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 28, 2021 | Administrative Support, Back Office, Economics of Major Gifts | Donor Attrition, Value Attrition

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 non-profit leaders can’t embrace the fact that a good major gifts program works and is worth the investment. These are the people I...
Why Your Back Office Is Losing You Money

Why Your Back Office Is Losing You Money

by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 23, 2021 | Administrative Support, Back Office, Economics of Major Gifts | Admin Support

Many speakers, consultants, and category experts write and speak a great deal about the “donor-facing” side of major gifts, but hardly anyone talks about the back end. But we need to. Without a fully functional and donor-sensitive back office, all the work on the...
Who You Should Have On Your Major Gift Team

Who You Should Have On Your Major Gift Team

by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 3, 2017 | Administrative Support, Donor Offers, Donor Research | Major Gift Officers, Structure

        It was an interesting discussion. We were sitting with personnel from a very large international non-profit, talking about what constitutes a winning major gift team. This organization has almost 90 MGOs now, and they plan to grow their...
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