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Major Gift Samples Action Cultivation Plan, Estate Planning Assets Inventory, Gift Acceptance Policies and Procedures, Gift Valuation Standards, Making the Ask, Multi-Part Gift Strategy, Preparing for the Ask, Reunion Giving Model, Stewardship Plan, Suspect Research Rating. Provided by Dan Shephard. Mobile Giving The mobile experience may become the next mass medium; the principal way for millions of people to communicate, browse the Web, access entertainment, shop, do business and interact with their favorite charitable causes. Contributed by artezinteractive. More revenue. Monthly Giving For those of you who have already started a monthly giving program, congratulations! I’m sure you are very pleased to see money you can plan on pouring in on a regular basis. For those of you who are still thinking about it, let me ask you a question: “What are you waiting for?” Nurturing Alumni Relationships Improving the ways that you manage your alumni touch points. Mike Westfall. On the Blog One Gift "from Multiple Donors". Alan S. Hejnal. Online Donors Who are our online donors? How are they different? Are online donors better givers, more generous and reliable—than other donors? A statistical analysis provides answers. Peter Wylie. On-Line Giving Outsourcing Outsourcing considerations for your online giving. Mike Westfall. Planned Giving Is starting a planned giving program a priority item on your organization’s strategic plan? Has it been on your plan for more than two years? What are you waiting for? Blackbaud. Planned Giving Comprehensive paper. Creating a legacy - Building a planned giving program from the ground up. Blackbaud. Planned Giving Planned giving strategy that has worked well for a "younger" school. Scott Warrington. Non profits just testing the waters of planned giving need to develop a work plan to guide them as they go forward. Canadian FundRaiser. Prospect Management Before, During and After the Campaign Scott Fendley |
Prospect Management Comprehensive prospect management policies. Paul Lanning. Reboot of Philanthropy Presentation on some of the new considerations in the current philanthropic environment. From Mike Westfall at Eastern Washington University. Reunion Planning Comprehensive “how-to” guide to assist alumni in planning reunions. This resource is intended to alleviate some of the time staff has used in the past in helping with reunion coordinating as we move to a volunteer driven, staff supported approach in alumni work. Shanay Heurta. Reunion Solicitations Reunion: A Time to Solicit "Spike" Gifts from Alumni. Ann L. DiStefano. Save Our Scholarships Interesting approach by the Foundation at Eastern Washington University to raising money in challenging financial times playing on reductions in endowment payouts for scholarship. Press release from the Foundation to put the piece in context. Image of web site. Video from web site and YouTube. Scholarship Proposal Endowed scholarship proposal. Jeffrey Driggs. Science and Art An ROI report may open the door to greater and more meaningful conversations about the fundraising work in which you and your team are engaged. Paper contributed by Carrie M. Collins. Segmentation Presentation on how to do segmentation in Raiser's Edge contributed by Tamara Wojdylo, Raiser's Edge Database Manager for the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation. ![]() Guidelines for productive partnerships. Trish Nagorski. UK Fundraising Review of Philanthropy in Higher Education in the UK. 2012 Status Report and Challenges for the Next Decade. Thanks to Krista Slade for forwarding. Working With Prospects Guide to working with a prospect. ccBeard and Associates. Major Gifts Reports ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Terry Burton from Dig in Research. |
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