EPISODE 2 Episode 2 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays features Paul Nazareth, Vice-President of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners (CAGP). I first met Paul many years...
EPISODE 1 Episode 1 (the premiere episode) of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays features my good friend, Jason Lewis of Responsive Fundraising. We kick off Tales From the Trenches...
The phrase “what would it take” is one of my favorites to employ. I have used that phrase consistently over the past few decades with clients,...
Many charities have an endowed component to their finances. The term endowment often confuses people and they are really unsure what it means. I repeatedly use...
There is a lot of movement out there in the fundraising world. Some have left the profession, while others have entered the profession. I have been...
Spring is a great time to fundraise. While the end-of-the-year sees the most amount of cash brought in for a charity, springtime is likely the most...
There has always been a great concern amongst charities concerning the next generation. So many donors have grave concerns that the next gen will not live...
I have been in the fundraising world the majority of my life and as a professional fundraiser for over twenty-five years. There is a disconnect that...
I have heard many fundraising stories in my 25-plus years as a fundraiser. And, I have seen a lot of things —unfortunately, I cannot unsee some...
The Case for Support (or Case as it is more commonly known) is the primary tool that an organization has to raise money. It should explain...