You Don’t Need New Donors
Unless you’re a non-profit that has no donors at all, you do not need to find new donors for your major gift program. Yet it absolutely amazes Richard and me how many non-profit leaders and managers feel they must go out and find new donors so they can fund their...
Warning! The MGOs are Leaving!
Last Monday, Jeff wrote a blog titled The Cost of Losing a Major Gift Fundraiser, where he pointed out that MGOs are leaving the organizations they work for every 1.8 years. He noted that the cost to replace them is far greater than doing the right things to keep them...
Creating a Mid-Level Program Forces You to Become Donor-Centered
If you’re worried that your development team is more concerned with the revenue of their own department versus what is best for the donor, one way to turn that around is to create a mid-level donor program. Here’s what’s happening today in many non-profit fundraising...
Are You Going to Report on Impact This Year?
By now you’ve closed the books on last year. You’ve properly thanked all the donors in your portfolio for their great gifts, and now your attention in the next couple of months will be on how well you report on the impact of those gifts. Unfortunately, this is where...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
