Last week, I listened to Gerda Weissmann Klein speak at the school my kids attend. She was simply amazing. She spoke about her experience as a survivor of the Holocaust, but her real message was that we still live in a world where millions of people suffer from intolerance; but it is also a world Read More »
Donor Advised Funds are Growing FAST Donor advised funds (DAFs) are philanthropy’s fastest growing charitable giving vehicle. There are more than 460,000 individual DAF accounts in the U.S., double the number just five years ago. Collectively they hold more than $110 billion, all of which is destined for charities. Creating a donor advised fund with Read More »
Barack Obama Broke Fundraising Records Over $600 million dollars, with a record breaking $150 Million raised in September — in the midst of a steeply declining stock market and widespread economic worries. What is the Obama campaign doing right and what can your non-profit learn from this success? Small Donations Add-Up! Consider this quote from Read More »
Fundraising Tactics Around the World For the first time, we exhibited at the International Congress on Fundraising, held around this time of year near Amsterdam, Netherlands. This year they had record breaking attendance, and it was fantastic to get a world view of fundraising that’s different from our own. Meet the “Chuggers” For example, person Read More »
How to Maximize “Holiday Ask” Results It’s turning in that time of year again where non profits across the country are preparing their direct mail file for their largest direct mail fundraising effort – The Holiday Ask. The Holiday Ask is so important that in a study conducted by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana Read More »
There are a LOT of Free Software Options for Nonprofits First let me remind my readers that I’m the CEO of a software company whose business is providing fundraising software to non-profits, so I can’t claim full objectivity on this topic. That said, I’m pretty tired of reading blog postings and articles from non-profit consultants Read More »
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