Your next capital campaign feasibility study should assess internal readiness
Before a capital campaign is conducted, it is imperative to determine an organization’s capacity to succeed.
Commonly this is usually done through an external feasibility study.
However, I urge most non-profits that in tandem with conducting…
The professionalism of development
It is almost two weeks now until I go away to school to complete my second summer residency for my Masters in Philanthropy and Fund Development.
As I reflect back on my career, I am in awe.
When I first started in development back in 1994,…
Giving USA releases yearly findings and donations barely grew at all last year
Shared from the Chronicle of Philanthropy
For the second year in a row, charitable giving barely grew, rising by just 0.9 percent after inflation in 2011, according to today’s release of “Giving USA,” the annual yearbook of American philanthropy.…
No Stronger This Year
Slow fundraising growth in 2011 comes nowhere near to erasing record historic losses—the deepest ever recorded in the report’s five decades—caused by the recession.
Total charitable giving last year was still 11 percent below what it…
Aid Groups Did Better
American charities that conduct development and relief work overseas were the only type of nonprofit to outpace inflation by a significant percentage, at 4.4 percent, while donations to environmental causes increased by 1.4 percent after inflation.…
Fundraising is part art and science
This week was a very busy week in my world.
As I reflect back on it, the biggest "thing" that comes to mind over this past week is the question, "fundraising is it an art or is it science?"
I say, it is both.
A good fundraiser knows technique,…
Have you strategically planned?
Throughout my career, I have found that it is oftentimes not fund development issues that impact the effectiveness of fundraising, but, larger organizational ones.
After doing many development audits and assessments, I can say that the top…
