by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 14, 2018 | Donor advised funds, Vision | Asking, Programs, Transformational Gift
Here’s a system you can use to increase the number of transformational gifts you are getting from your caseload donors. But first, some context… It is a fact that, buried in your caseload of donors, there are one or two people who can give a transformational gift to...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Apr 25, 2018 | Forecasting, Long-range Planning, Vision | Budgets, Strategic Plans, Transformational Gift
“Jeff, I’ve been thinking… what would it take to get us to $100 million in revenue from our major gift team?” This was both frightening and exciting to hear, all at the same time. The back story is that one of our client organizations which has “grown up” using...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 21, 2018 | Growth, Joy, Vision | Leadership, Management, Planning, Strategic Plans
I’ve been doing a lot of major gift data assessments lately, and there is one theme that is consistent in all of the data I’ve been reviewing from organizations like yours. It’s… You Have So Much More Potential! My guess is that it’s the same with your major gift...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 24, 2016 | Growth, Starting a Major Gifts Program, Vision | Fundraising, Hiring, Uncategorized
You want to develop a major gift program for your non-profit, but you’re not sure you have enough donors to warrant hiring a major gift officer. Or you are growing your major gift program, and you’re wondering when it makes sense to hire another major gift officer to...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 22, 2016 | Attitude, structure, Vision | Fundraising, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Uncategorized
“Our donors are very different; they are not like other donors.” “You know, we really don’t have a vision in our organization and this is why we can’t raise major gifts.” “We don’t have any truly high-dollar donors in our database, and we don’t even have any...