May
05
2023
Uncharitable — The Movie
I was very fortunate to have taken part in an early screening of the movie Uncharitable with my local AFP chapter last week. The movie will...
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Sep
16
2022
Telethons: Bubble Burst
Many of us remember the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. People referred to the telethon as the Jerry Lewis Telethon (the charity was secondary). All...
Jun
03
2022
Raise Funds: The Holy Trinity of Fundraising
To successfully raise funds, you must adhere to three principals. I wrote one of my very first posts about that here. I reinforced these three principals...
May
13
2022
Ask the Right Question (of a Potential Fundraiser)
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...
Nov
19
2021
A Case for a Case
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...
Oct
29
2021
Squeezing the Midsection Isn’t Always Fun
One of my first blogs was a ten-part Fundraising Mythbuster series. There, I wrote about the myth-conception that most money comes from Special Events. For that...
Apr
09
2021
Calling out Bad Fundraising
Perhaps it has been the fact that we are into year two of this crazy pandemic. Maybe it is because I have seen many charitable organizations...
Mar
26
2021
Passover — a Fundraiser’s Perspective
Tomorrow evening (at sunset) will mark the beginning of the Jewish holy day(s) of Passover. I thought that I would change things up a bit and...
Jun
02
2017
The Top 10 Myths About Fundraising (or Fundraisers) Part 10
Most donors are businesses. This is a pretty big falsehood. But let me clarify by defining (in my mind) what a business is (or isn’t) —...
May
26
2017
The Top 10 Myths About Fundraising Part 9
Introducing donors to other charities will hurt my fundraising efforts for my own charity. For those folks that know me well, they also know that I...