Gifts of life insurance

How to market a donation of life insurance to your constituents.

The advantages of branding your event

This article discusses some of the advantages of creating a unique brand for annual fundraising events.

Paper Promise: Direct mail still holding its own in the electronic age

Direct mail, in all its varied and colourful incarnations, continues to fill our mail slots, drop to awaiting floors, and give our mail carriers backaches. Yes, in this electronic age, direct mail is holding its own.

Donation Letters: Raise more funds by thinking like your donors

Writing direct mail letters requires thinking like your donors and understanding their wants, needs, and motivation for giving.

How to share suppliers and maintain individuality

This article provides some tips for organizations about how to maintain their individuality and brand at events when using the same suppliers as others.

Life Insurance: A Gift Overview

An explanation of how life insurance can be gifted to a charity.

Charity begins at home: Raising support among your staff and volunteers

Internal fundraising campaigns from within an organization

Through the funder’s eyes: What funders want nonprofits to know about the funding process

Nonprofit organizations are all too familiar with the time and effort that goes into researching funders and writing funding proposals. What they may not be as familiar with is the funder’s perspective of the same funding process.

Youth philanthropists: Getting a jump start on doing good

Some extraordinary young people are challenging these preconceptions about childhood and doing so in the most conscientious of ways: as bona fide philanthropists.

Events need Emergency Preparedness too

This article discusses the advantages of arranging for medical and emergency staff at major events