by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 14, 2015 | Donors, Program, Strategy | Major Gifts, Moves Management, Storytelling, Uncategorized
Your organization exists for a reason – to address a problem or need. If you stay away too long from that problem or need your heart will grow cold, you will turn negative about what you are doing, and you will become less effective at serving your donor. This is why...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 19, 2015 | Asks, Budget, Offers, Program | Donor-Centered, Major Gifts, Management, Programs, Teamwork, Uncategorized
“I don’t have anything to present to donors,” the MGO said. And his manager, a little impatient, said: “Just look around you. Look at all the things we are doing. Get out there and get familiar with them, and then you will know what to present to donors!” That sums up...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 29, 2014 | Offers, Program, Program Support Portfolio, Proposals | Donor-Centered, Major Gifts, Marketing Plans, Uncategorized
In this series of seven posts, you will learn the indispensable categories of work that we at Veritus believe are required for any major gift program to be successful. (You can read all of these together in our free White Paper.) In my last entry, I talked about...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Nov 4, 2013 | Non-Profits, Program, Stewardship | Impact, Major Gifts, Mission, Uncategorized
In your work as an MGO, how many times have you nurtured a relationship with a donor to the point of having her ready to fund (or even actually funding) a special program or project that your organization was touting, only to have it all come crashing down because...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 3, 2012 | Director of Major Gifts, Donors, Non-Profits, Program, Stewardship | Development Directors, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Philanthropy, Storytelling, Uncategorized
I recently heard of a situation in a large non-profit where a multi-million donor withdrew his giving from the organization he had come to love. The reason? The promise which had been made when he gave his $2 million dollars was not delivered by program. As I dug into...