Sep
13
2024
Are you too late to save 2024?
The fiscal year-end, and especially the last quarter of the year, is an especially trying time for fundraisers. September always seems to be over-programmed, with people...
budget
May
07
2024
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 62
Episode 62 Episode 62 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays again features Julia Worthington, of Amber Consulting all the way from the UK. We discuss Corporate...
Dec
02
2022
End of the Year Analysis
We are almost at that special end-of-year timeframe. And for many organizations, this means the end-of-year analysis. This is the time of the year that we...
Oct
07
2022
Should we pay Board Members?
I have often had a debate with myself regarding board compensation. (I always win the fight.) Many for-profits pay for their board positions. The reason for...
Jan
21
2022
Reserves — What is Appropriate
The last two-plus years have certainly been a wild ride. Up here in the Great White North (Canada), we are still on a modified lockdown, with...
Mar
19
2021
What to Track in Fundraising
By now, all organizations should have closed off their 2020 (calendar) year. And what a year it was! I can confidently say that for every organization,...
Dec
11
2020
Budget for 2021 — an Educated Guess
Many charitable organizations have a fiscal year-end of December 31. To say that 2020 has been a year of unpredictability and uncharted territory is an understatement....
Oct
16
2020
Fundraising Metrics Part 1
Peter Drucker, the famous management consultant, would often proclaim, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” Fundraising is chock-full of metrics, and in this...
Dec
06
2019
Doing More With Less
I have heard this so many times in my life as a fundraising professional that I want to throw up. To be honest, “doing more with...