Maybe It's Time for a Reread … of the Donor Bill of Rights
Somehow, reading about this 21-year-old document as seen through the eyes of people new to the profession was refreshing (oh, not the misuse of commas and lack of complete sentences, Margaret Battistelli Gardner) — my students saw this as the most logical thing for a nonprofit to follow.
And many nonprofits do — some even unknowingly. Sadly, it’s the ones that don’t that bring dishonor to our profession and sometimes make us have to defend fundraising to people who assume that if one is corrupt, we all are.
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Pamela Barden is an independent fundraising consultant focused on direct response. You can read more of her fundraising columns here.
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