During this past year, I have attended a number of seminars and professional development events that highlighted a simple but “Why not?” truth. Fundraisers should talk about and encourage gifting of assets in a client’s estate plan and many times, in capital campaigns or transformational endowment gifts. Why not educate prospective donors about the possibility
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Early in my 30 plus years of fundraising, I was given a copy of a book which my experienced colleague at the time said would “be the basis for your success.” Since I was brand new and hungry to learn to be a great fundraiser – which it turned out had been a possible choice
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Regardless of where a Board of Trustees is in its “life cycle” (for instance, a start-up board looks very different from a mature, 20-year+ Board with multiple programs and facets), functional committees become a key ingredient of the ongoing capacity building efforts of the organization. Indeed, as board authority BoardSource notes in Governance as Leadership,
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Recently, while reviewing the trends in philanthropy and giving among the various not-for-profit sectors, the broad faith-based category (categorized as "Religion" by Giving USA) caught our eye, and revealed several thoughtful takeaways.
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