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An Easier Way to Ask For A Gift

How to ask for a gift - it's a question many people ask us. What exactly do you say, when you hope to secure a major or principal gift? Everyone wonders how exactly you do it. We've developed an approach to asking that is polite, easy, and…

Three Big Challenges Facing Top Fundraisers Today

Don’t hold yourself back. If you want to reach and exceed your major gift goal, then don’t neglect your important donor relationships!

What To Do When Your Major Gift Fundrasing Isn't Working?

What To Do When Your Major Gift Fundraising ISN’T Working

Capital Campaigns, Major Gifts

Don’t hold yourself back. If you want to reach and exceed your major gift goal, then don’t neglect your important donor relationships!

Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas to Boost Year-End Giving

Annual Giving, Year-End Fundraising Strategies

There are three key steps you can take as early as possible that will help you engage the right leadership donors.

How to Jumpstart Your Capital Campaign and Achieve Early Success

Capital Campaigns

There are three key steps you can take as early as possible that will help you engage the right leadership donors.

Our Top 5 Tips for a Profitable Year-End Campaign

Donor-Centered Fundraising, Marketing and Communications, Year-End Fundraising Strategies

The busy fall fundraising season is upon us, and we want to be sure you nail your year-end campaign. All of our clients, whether they're running a capital campaign, or ramping up their major gift program, all ask for - and need - our guidance…

What Mega Donors are Saying about Giving in Today’s Economy

Capital Campaigns, Major Gifts

With the economic environment so murky these days, we usually ask these donors how they are feeling about giving in today’s economy.

How is Post-COVID Fundraising Different?

Capital Campaigns, Major Gifts

What Will Trigger Mega Donors to Unlock Early Capital Campaign Gifts?

Capital Campaigns, Major Gifts

What Will Trigger Mega Donors to Unlock Early Capital Campaign Gifts? This is the question that many nonprofit leaders ask – over and over. For every capital campaign that we advise – this is often a huge question hanging in the…

Honest Questions to Consider About Your Organization’s Fundraising Strategy

Fundraising Plan, Fundraising Strategy

There are many questions about fundraising strategy that we ask our clients. For example, when we ask people, "What is your funding model?" they are often unsure how to respond. So we try another approach: "What is the fundraising…

Powerful Roles for Board Members in Major Gifts Fundraising

Board Members and Fundraising, Major Gifts

What are the right roles for board members in major gifts fundraising? We find that many board members are quite nervous about being involved with major gift fundraising - especially the ask. Since many board members have little experience…

Nonprofit Capital Campaigns: Five Secrets of Success

Capital Campaigns

What does it really take for a successful nonprofit capital campaign? Many institutions are raising millions, hundreds of millions and even billions for major institutions like universities. All this funding seems to just like flow into…

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An Easier Way to Ask For A Gift

Three Big Challenges Facing Top Fundraisers Today

What To Do When Your Major Gift Fundraising ISN’T Working

Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas to Boost Year-End Giving

How to Jumpstart Your Capital Campaign and Achieve Early Success

Our Top 5 Tips for a Profitable Year-End Campaign

What Mega Donors are Saying about Giving in Today’s Economy

How is Post-COVID Fundraising Different?

What Will Trigger Mega Donors to Unlock Early Capital Campaign Gifts?

Honest Questions to Consider About Your Organization’s Fundraising Strategy

Powerful Roles for Board Members in Major Gifts Fundraising

Nonprofit Capital Campaigns: Five Secrets of Success

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