Stewardship: Because Wills Can Be Undone

By Tony Martignetti on November 21, 2013

Last month I went deep into Bequest Promotion Channels. This month, Stewardship. The donor who has included your charity in their will can change their mind and undo their gift at any time. Why does that matter? It matters because you need to steward your bequest donors well, so they don’t change their minds. You […]

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Following Up Solicitations of Prospects — When The Campaign is (Almost) Over !!

By Tony Poderis on November 19, 2013

In every fund-raising campaign, toward the end of the drive, we always must address any number of proposals and presentations which were made seeking donations, but for which we’ve still not gotten a definitive response. We were not given a “Yes,” or a “No.” Mostly we were told, “I’ll let you know,” … or something […]

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You Can’t Say “Thank You” Enough … in Grant Proposals

By Jayme Sokolow on November 14, 2013

It’s been my honor to have served as board president of two nonprofit organizations – a synagogue and a music society. I learned a lot during my terms with these organizations, but perhaps my most important lesson was the need to acknowledge people and express my personal appreciation of them, to them. That is something […]

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Using Client Stories, A Question of Ethics?

By guest on November 12, 2013

A Guest Posting by Sue Smith An issue was raised in a listserve: “As someone more used to working with the clients, I have become more and more concerned about the exploitation of clients and ‘their stories’ as fundraising tools. I am constantly being asked to ‘provide a client or two’ who are willing to […]

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Stewardship – an Important Grantsmanship Component

By Lynn deLearie on November 7, 2013

In a previous post, I introduced “A Four-Step Process for Effective Grantsmanship,” including: (1) prospecting for foundation funding, (2) cultivation, (3) grant proposal development, and (4) grant management and stewardship. (See Chapter Five in my ebook: Grants & Grantsmanship) So far, I’ve provided a lot of information on steps one through three, as well as […]

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A Major Gifts Campaign Must Be A Large-Giver Campaign

By Tony Poderis on November 5, 2013

On first reaction, you might think that title would evoke a “Ya think?” response. Not so fast. Too often, those seeking “major gifts” for those major campaigns, settle for what are really small gifts, not at all in keeping with the size and scope of the donations needed to meet those larger goals. While an […]

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Development Committee Membership: A Question of Ethics

By Hank Lewis, MA, CFRM on October 29, 2013

An email raised this question: My organization is in the process of developing a Fundraising Committee. Three of our Board members are on this Committee and we are trying to determine other non-Board members who we could invite to join as well. We have one major gift donor who began to fund us at the […]

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CFC Fundraising: Thoughts at Mid-Campaign

By Carter McNamara on October 24, 2013

Thank you for what you do. If you’re reading this blog, I’m going to make the educated assumption that you’re probably involved (directly or indirectly) with non-profit fundraising. Regardless of the particular role you have, you make a difference in the lives of your non-profit’s beneficiaries whether they are called clients, members, students, citizens, or […]

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Making Your Case For A Fundraising Program/Campaign

By Tony Poderis on October 22, 2013

There is an enormous amount of easily accessible information on constructing a nonprofit fundraising Case-For-Support … from the library, bookstores and the Internet. Countless volumes and articles have been written on the subject, and there are always workshops and seminars dealing with this critically important topic. Keeping that in mind, I’ll try to give you […]

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More Promotion Channels: Bequests VI

By Tony Martignetti on October 17, 2013

Last month I focused on IRA gifts, now I’m back to bequests, picking up from August … with strategies other than direct mail to promote bequest giving. (See Tony’s previous posts on Planned Giving.) If you haven’t got the budget for direct mail, these are for you! If you’re using direct mail, augment it with […]

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