Mel and Pearl Shaw

Are you ready to jump into a fundraising campaign without knowing where your lead gifts will come from and why they are important? A lead gift is a gift or…

There’s a trend that’s been growing for decades – it’s called “meeting avoidance.” People sign up to be part of a cause, but with the passage of time more and…

Please join us in saluting our dear friend and professional fundraising pioneer Mr. James “Jim” Alston. Known across the country to so many people who worked tirelessly to raise funds…

Making meaningful fundraising management decisions requires access to the right data. You can’t strategize if you don’t know your pool of donors and prospective donors. Data is the backbone of…

With the new year in full swing, many of us are busy pursuing new goals. We have cast our vision for what we want to accomplish, and we are ready…

Part two of a two-part series  When we look around the country our communities can appear polarized, as if we are living on different planets. We can’t understand how people could look…

Part One of a Two-Part Series The new year’s tradition of goal setting extends to fundraising, beginning with a retrospective assessment. This is the time to ask what went well;…

Your nonprofit is amazing. But what do those outside your circle know about your nonprofit? Sometimes we focus so much on those close to us that we forget there are…

Some say development is to the nonprofit sector what sales is to the private sector. We say, “not really.” There are similarities, and distinct differences. Development (aka fundraising) is not…

The holiday season is here! Festivities are in full bloom! Gifts are flowing – including those we give to the nonprofits we believe in. Nonprofits count on year-end giving to…