Looking Forward: Major Gifts In The New Year
Responsible planning, in any economy, involves identifying sources of funding sufficient to ensure continuation/survival of…
Hank Lewis, MA, CFRM
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Strategic & Development Planning: Love and Marriage
Strategic Planning Every nonprofit must periodically assess its success in pursuing its mission and must…
Financing & Loans
Staffing The Development Office
The Senior Development Person functions in four broad areas: • Long- and Short-Term Planning Working with…
Financing & Loans
The Role of The Development Office
The Development Office and its staff functions with-and-through a volunteer cadre, and: • Participates in the…
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Separation of Church and Nonprofit
A reader wrote: Our non-profit, faith based social service agency is going to split from…
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Donor (And Solicitor) Burn-Out
Some time ago, I spoke to a community service club and gave my fifteen-minute “This-Is-What-Fundraising-Is-Really-All-About”…
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Can A Donor Demand That She Get Her Donation Back?
A reader wrote: “I know of an organization where the donor gave restricted funds, i.e.,…
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Not All Large Gifts Are Major Gifts: Part Three – Real Major Gift Fundraising
Hopefully, over the last two weeks, you haven’t been cold calling, cold writing, sending “surprise”…
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Not All Large Gifts Are Major Gifts: Part Two – Go-Away Money
Hoping that, between last Tuesday and today, you haven’t used the four illustrations of bad…
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Not All Large Gifts Are Major Gifts: Part One – How Not To Go About It
In our definition, we suggest that, no matter its size, unless a gift met certain…
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After The Campaign Is Over…
An email indicated that “Our capital campaign has concluded. We’ve reached our goal, but we…
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Nonprofit Boards: Directors vs Trustees
When I began my career in development, over 30 years ago, the certificate program that…
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Creating An Advisory Council
A recent email posed the question: I am the Director of Philanthropy for a small…
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Questions From A New Executive Director/Founder
I do know at least one person who has been the chair of a board…
Business Laws & Ethics
Fundraising Consultants & Credibility: Some Thoughts
This is a follow-up to an earlier posting – see: Who/What is a Fundraising Consultant?…
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Board Status for Staff Members
It is important that specific terms be used/understood with consistent definitions. Members of a Board…