Before the COVID-19 pandemic, which placed restrictions on meeting in person, nonprofit headquarter site visits mainly entailed giving a visitor a tour of your nonprofit’s facilities. Usually, that looked something like this: You took them on a walk to give them a good look at your day-to-day operations and shared [...]
Much has been written about the extraordinary grant making of businesswomen, MacKenzie Scott. With a net worth of $65.3B, there are a lot of MacKenzie Scott funds available. Scott is a member of the Giving Pledge. When she signed the pledge she said: “I have a disproportionate amount of money [...]
Many Donor Advised Funds were created for rainy-day giving; well, it’s raining. A lot. Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) hold assets of $120 billion while at the same time nonprofits are facing financial uncertainties and increased demand for services! This is a resource that we need right now because with COVID-19, [...]
“Plans are worthless, but planning is invaluable.” - Peter Drucker You may recall that I had the good fortune of being a Peter Drucker fellow. I think of his teachings often, and I have even dedicated my upcoming book to him, “Fundraising Truths to Live By,” which should be out [...]
In this digital age, the main comment I hear from donors about our book-length nonprofit annual report is that “no one actually reads them, right?” Sadly, it's true, but like many nonprofits today, we're adopting new conventions to more effectively communicate with our donors. Succinct annual report styles are replacing [...]
I would bet that your fundraising program is the same year-after-year and that its performance has flatlined. I also know that you can and want to do better. With 30+ years behind me in transforming fundraising programs, I suggest that you consider infusing imagination into your fundraising program to vastly [...]
Prince was a prince to those in need. Somewhat (more on that later). He kept it quiet, usually anonymous, his charitable giving to others that is. In humility, he didn’t want his philanthropy to be known! Instead he preferred to keep the focus on the person or group doing good [...]