Back to Campaign Feasibility Studies: How should a feasibility study be conducted? (Questionnaire is in the hands of only the interviewer asking the questions and writing responses) Individual Interviewed: __________________________ Date: ______________ 1. How long have you lived in (Community)?___________________________...
Ten-year gifts to charities are becoming an important tool in charitable fund raising, both for charities and donors. They help charities by being exempt from the 80% disbursement requirement that applies to donations received in the previous year. They help...
Nowadays, planned gifts and major gifts job postings are often combined, and in fact there are fewer purely planned giving positions being created. More blended organizational structures and an increased focus on the needs and interests of individual donors, along...
The following article is an excerpt from Penelope Burk's new book "Thanks! A Guide to Donor-Centred Fundraising". In the book, Burk reveals the results of her National Study on Donor Communication and Recognition, an expansive look the fundraising practices of...
Gift planners have long recognized two closely-related factors as key obstacles to be overcome in broadening the donor base: despite the phenomenal growth in personal wealth over the past two decades, very few people preceive themselves as potential philanthropists and,...
This article appeared previously in Canadian FundRaiser "More individuals are interested in your cause than corporations." According to Dory Vanderhoof, you will on the whole be better off by developing an individual major gifts program than by going for sponsorship...
Most charities live with two basic types of fundraising: a current ongoing campaign to satisfy this year's operating requirements, and (hopefully) an endowment and gift planning program for future needs. Speaking to a recent meeting of the Greater Toronto Chapter...
As presently practiced by such charities as the University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation, and the United Church of Canada, the charitable remainder trust is a deceptively simple and relatively new financial instrument which may be more complex than...
(Based on a presentation to the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners) What is an endowment? An endowment is an investment fund set aside for the long-term support of an organization. Only the income, or a...
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