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...
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Mar
17
2023
A March Madness/Birthday Gift
March Madness is upon us. The basketball games are dominating the sports channels. Statistically speaking, though, March is the most unproductive month of the year —...
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...
Feb
19
2021
Noble Failure: An Update
I was a fan of the ACBF (Andrea & Charles Bronfman Foundation) before it wound down, specifically how Bronfman went about his thoughtful philanthropy. In his...
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
30
2020
Mixed Messages about 2020 Fundraising
To say that 2020 has been the wildest fundraising ride in history is an understatement. The year started as any normal year would and then, BAM!...
Jul
10
2020
Top Articles to Date
Everybody loves summer. It is a time to relax, spending time with the family, and decompress. Wait…. Haven’t I just been spending the last 3 full...
Nov
15
2019
Showing the True Cost of Events
I have long had a love/hate relationship with events. Perhaps it’s because of the inherent risk of running an event (you can potentially lose money), or...
Jun
14
2019
Third-Party Events
All fundraising organizations have some sort of event portfolio. It may be a ‘thon’ (walk-a-thon, cycle-a-thon, bowl-a-thon, etc.), it may be a gala or it may even be...
Apr
27
2018
Events as Fundraisers
As I have shared in previous posts, Joan Garry‘s book on Nonprofit Leadership is a great go-to for fundraisers. Joan speaks of the Ask at Events: * The...