This article originally appeared in Canadian FundRaiser. Clip and tape this checklist someplace you can see it- every time you prepare a mailing project. Will it bullet-proof you against every contingency? Probably not. But - it helps us maintain a...
Raising money -- or creating a monthly donor program -- without conducting research is like trying to build a house without blueprints. It is sometimes said that research is what you do before you spend a lot of money, and...
1. I don't have the financial resources to launch a monthly giving program... Start small! If you can't afford to develop a logo, letterhead, and special newsletter for a monthly giving program and provide valuable benefits to members, then just...
The following article is reprinted from the July and August 1999 issues of Gift Planning in Canada (TM), Copyright ©1999 by Planned Giving Today® Having been at the University of Victoria for 12 years now, I have had the privilege...
Fundraising becomes easier when a nonprofit group has the right array of volunteers. What are the right types? Twenty years of experience have led me to cluster them into five unique styles. 1. The Decision-Makers When decision-makers are good, they...
There is no other group on your donor file more likely to leave you money in their wills than your monthly donors, donors who have really bonded with your cause. They're willing to give you direct access to their personal...
The Cathedral Within: Transforming your life by giving something back By Bill Shore; US$21.95 + shipping and handling; Butterworths; available in our bookstore Bill Shore, founder of Share Our Strength, an anti-hunger, anti-poverty organization, profiles community leaders throughout the United...
1. Capital Bequest - Unrestricted use I direct my Estate Trustee to transfer as a gift to [Charity] the sum of $_____, (____% of my estate or residue of my estate), to be used for such purposes in connection with...
Imagine writing a foundation proposal requesting "lots of money for a big building to support our good work." The most sympathetic foundation executive wouldn't tolerate such a vague and lazy request for a minute. Yet most planned giving programs tell...
In Canada the charitable remainder trust has, until recent years, been virtually unknown. The United States, however, has been so taken by the concept that the most common form of a planned gift there, with the exception of a bequest,...
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