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 | Aug 8, 2022 | Donor Pipeline, Goals, Metrics, Mid-level, Mid-Level Program, Mid-Level Programs | Caseloads, Mid-level donors, Pipeline Development
More and more non-profits are discovering that a mid-level program is the key to a healthy donor pipeline. If you’re wondering where to find more major donors, the answer is almost always: look to your mid-level donors. But how do you know if your mid-level program is...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 16, 2022 | Meaningful Connection, Meaningful Connections, Metrics | Communication, Major Donors, Metrics
There’s been a big change in the non-profit world. And this change isn’t one that many non-profit leaders and fundraisers are ready for. At Veritus, we’ve been speaking about the importance of meaningful connections for years. But the traditional method of using...
by Jeff Schreifels | Jan 29, 2024 | Attrition, Donor Value Attrition, Metrics, The Veritus Way | Donor Attrition, Management, Metrics, The Veritus Way
The truth can hurt. When Richard and I talk with non-profit leaders and managers and ask them how their major gift program is doing, they tend to reply, “Not bad – we grew by 8% [or some other percentage] last year.” Then we ask, “So, how did the same donors who gave...