How $83 Trillion Could Disrupt Traditional Fundraising – And What you Can Do About It
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Success alert! Start individual giving with major gifts and this trusty side-kick
Your board chair just cornered you after the meeting. “We need to focus on major gifts,” she declares. “We don’t want to waste time on $25 donations. Find us some real money!”
Stop Chasing Strangers: The Major Gift Strategy That’s Hiding in Plain Sight
You need $1.5 million for your new program. The board meeting is next month. The president is breathing down your neck, and someone just suggested hiring a researcher to find wealthy prospects in the community.
Misconceptions of Prospect Management
We’ve likely heard the phrase “prospect management” before in meetings and conferences. But what exactly is it? And what is it not? It can go by several names including relationship management, or donor cultivation.
Common Misconceptions about Company Insiders
We’ve talked about why we should care about company insiders, and we’ve talked about why those news reports about CEO compensation might not be entirely accurate. Now Aspire Research Group is looking at some of the popular misconceptions about company insiders (and their compensation).
Five Things That the Disney Movie Frozen Taught Me About Prospect Management
Any parent of a toddler is likely to have seen the Disney film Frozen several times. As I was watching it for the 50th time, I realized that Frozen actually has a lot of lessons that we as researchers and major gift fundraisers can take to heart. Using the movie as a lens into creating a better more sustainable prospect management system, following are five lessons from Frozen about Prospect Management.
3 Reasons You Should Care About Family Offices
When I first heard of a family office, I thought it was a fancy way of saying a family business. Boy, was I wrong! Family offices are a way for families to manage their wealth – as if that wealth was a business. This can include managing family investments and companies, estate planning, education planning, vacations, and philanthropy.
3 Tools I Can’t Do Without for Remote Working
By Jen Filla Right now we are all grappling with a pandemic and those of us who can are working… Read More »3 Tools I Can’t Do Without for Remote Working
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