The experts weigh in on the current state of planned giving in Canada, providing their opinions on career opportunities, proper terminology, finding the right fundraiser.
The experts weigh in on the current state of planned giving in Canada, providing their opinions on career opportunities, proper terminology, finding the right fundraiser.
What do you do once a major donor turns down a gift proposal?
This article helps you overcome the fear of asking a friend for a donation by outlining the six (not so big) secrets of major gifts.
This article helps you prepare to ask a friend for a major gift for your charity.
A US study clearly shows that there is a shift taking place among wealthy donors with more and more of them going online to connect with charities.
It probably comes as no surprise to many of you that online giving is growing. What may be surprising, however, is that the very wealthy are among those that prefer giving online. Generally speaking, however, they are frustrated with nonprofit websites.
The intense competition for donor dollars creates a difficult enough environment for fundraisers. Unfortunately, certain gift acceptance issues add innumerable obstacles to the already challenging path of finding and retaining donors.
This article discusses how to find individual donors and how to ask them for donations, especially with fundraising letters.
Find out how the downturn in the stock market affects these types of donations from the perspective of both the donor and the charity, how the benefits that donors receive from such gifts differ from when the market is strong, and what a charity should do if they receive a gift of stock.
With the past emphasis on gifting appreciated securities, charities and their donors have forgotten that there can be advantages for donors to make a gift of depreciated securities as well.