This week the internet is awash in news about the latest number from Giving USA and the record amount given to charity. But if you are the more typical fundraiser, wearing several hats and trying to eke out enough donated income to meet your budget, you may glance at all this coverage and say, “So what?”…
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Infographic: Do Fundraising and Finance Play Nice?
Hey, fundraisers, ever wonder what your friends in the finance department think of you? That (and vice versa) is what Abila set out to examine in its “Nonprofit Finance and Fundraising Collaboration Study.” The study surveyed 1,400 nonprofit professionals to determine the relationship between fundraising and finance, and how both departments can come together to form a more collaborative nonprofit…
Read MoreDigital Benchmarks for Nonprofits
While every organization is different, understanding where the rest of the sector sits is critical to understanding your opportunities (and sometimes challenges)…
Read MoreAre You in Fundraising for the Long Haul? Studies Say Maybe Not
Typically, we all work at 100 mph in our jobs. At certain times of year, we hardly have time to think about what we do and how we do it. In many cases, we react instead of act. We know what our jobs entail and, through muscle memory, plow through it. For many of us, the fundraising profession is our life and career choice…
Read MoreStudy: How Do Donors Want Charities to Approach Them?
How do donors want charities to approach them? That’s the question at the heart of new research by Rogare, a fundraising think tank at Plymouth University Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy in the United Kingdom. Led by Dr. Adrian Sargeant and sponsored by Pursuant and Bloomerang, the comprehensive, four-volume study provides a detailed look at relationship fundraising and the potential benefits it can have for nonprofits…
Read MoreCharity Aggregators: Looking for Nonprofit Feedback
After spending two days with 100 different leaders in the nonprofit space, I have been surprised at the conversation around charity aggregators. It’s a hot topic. Please give me your thoughts. All I need is 10 minutes, and it is anonymous…
Read MoreOutlook Good: Giving Trends Predict Philanthropic Growth
In the market for good news? Look no further than “The Philanthropy Outlook 2016 & 2017,” a study from Marts & Lundy, researched and written by Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The report projected national giving trends and examined factors that impact the outlook. Here are some of its key findings…
Read MoreA Campaign Planning Study Is About the Donors!
Too often, I see a campaign planning and feasibility study becoming more about the institution and not the donors! I was visiting with a group of volunteers about a campaign planning and feasibility study…
Read MoreNAPCO Media Hires Industry Veteran Nathan Safran to Launch NAPCO Research
NAPCO Media, a leading business-to-business media company and parent company of NonProfit PRO, announced Friday that Nathan Safran has joined the company as director of research and will lead the newly created NAPCO Research team…
Read MoreVolunteer Fundraiser Dilemma Illustrates Big Issues in P2P Fundraising
I have spoken at and attended many of my clients’ national leadership meetings supporting their peer-to-peer income streams. I have been in a lot of bars and conference hotels and had a lot of conversations with a lot of volunteer leaders about how they came to be there. I met Jean Duffy at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) conference in Little Rock, Ark., this year…
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